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HB350 Alabama 2021 Session

Updated May 6, 2021
HB350 Alabama 2021 Session
House Bill
In Committee
Current Status
Regular Session 2021
Session
8
Sponsors

Summary

Session
Regular Session 2021
Title
Sheriffs, not required to be conservators, Sec. 26-2-27 repealed; Secs. 26-2-50, 26-2A-138 am'd.
Description

Under existing law, if no fit person applies or qualifies to serve as a guardian or conservator of the estate of a protected person, the sheriff must be appointed to act as conservator or guardian of that person.

This bill would amend provisions providing that the sheriff, or any employee of the sheriff's office, be appointed as a general guardian or conservator of the estate of a protected person and would repeal existing law that requires a sheriff to be so appointed.

Subjects
Sheriffs

Bill Actions

H

Indefinitely Postponed

H

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar

H

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary

Bill Text

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature