Alabama Code 35-6-85. Conduct of hearing generally; order confirming sale
Terms Used In Alabama Code 35-6-85
- circuit: means judicial circuit. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
- 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
On the day appointed for such hearing, or on any other day to which it may be continued the court must proceed to hear such report and the evidence for and against the confirmation of such sale. Such evidence shall be taken orally in open court at the time of the hearing or by deposition as in actions before the circuit court. If upon such hearing it shall appear to the satisfaction of the court that such sale as made is to the interest of the ward, the court shall make an order confirming the same, and, if it shall appear to the court that full payment has been made to the guardian for the interest of the minor in such sale, such order shall direct the guardian, or any other person appointed by the court, to make conveyance of the interest of the ward in the land or realty to the purchaser thereof.