Alabama Code 26-9-7. Procedure for appointment of guardian – Certification as to incompetence, etc., of mentally incompetent ward
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 26-9-7
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
Where a petition is filed for the appointment of a guardian of a mentally incompetent ward, a certificate of the administrator or his or her representative setting forth the fact that such person has been rated incompetent by the administration on examination in accordance with the laws and regulations governing such administration and that the appointment of a guardian is a condition precedent to the payment of any moneys due such persons by the administration shall be prima facie evidence of the necessity for such appointment.