Alabama § 19-3B-205 - Judicial Accountings and Settlements.

§ 19-3B-205. Judicial Accountings and Settlements.

(a) A trustee may file an accounting of the trustee’s administration of a trust in court at any time and seek a partial or final settlement thereof or, upon petition of an interested party, a court may order a trustee to render an accounting of the trustee’s administration of a trust and require a partial or final settlement thereof. Notice of such judicial proceeding shall be provided to the trustee and each beneficiary, or representative thereof pursuant to Article 3, as provided by the applicable rules of civil procedure.

(b) A trust accounting must be a reasonably understandable report from the date of the last accounting or, if none, from the date upon which the trustee became accountable, or other such date the court may set, which provides reasonable detail of the transactions affecting the administration of the trust, and which adequately discloses the following information:

(1) The accounting must identify the trust, the trustee furnishing the accounting, and the time period covered by the accounting.

(2) The accounting must show all receipts and disbursements occurring during the accounting period. Gains and losses realized during the accounting period must also be shown.

(3) The accounting, to the extent feasible, must identify and value trust assets on hand at the close of the accounting period. For each asset or class of assets reasonably capable of valuation, the accounting shall contain two values, (i) the asset acquisition value or carrying value, and (ii) the estimated current value, if feasible. The accounting must identify each known noncontingent liability with an estimated current amount of the liability if known.

(4) To the extent feasible, the accounting must show the significant non-cash transactions affecting the assets of the trust, including name changes in investment holdings, adjustments to carrying value, or stock splits.

(5) The accounting must reflect the allocation of receipts and disbursements between income and principal when the allocation affects the interest of any beneficiary of the trust.

(c) Any order or judgment of the court on such accounting and partial or final settlement shall be final and conclusive as to all matters occurring during the accounting period, and appeals therefrom shall and must be taken in the manner provided for from any other final judgment of the court.