Alabama § 26-2B-302 - Accepting Guardianship or Conservatorship Transferred from Another State.

§ 26-2B-302. Accepting Guardianship or Conservatorship Transferred from Another State.

(a) To confirm transfer of a guardianship or conservatorship transferred to this state under provisions similar to Section 26-2B-301, the guardian or conservator must petition the court in this state to accept the guardianship or conservatorship. The petition must include the following:

(1) a certified copy of the other state’s provisional order of transfer;

(2) an inventory of the protected person’s estate as of the date of the petition including certified records of all bank accounts in the protected person’s estate as of the date of the petition;

(3) proof of the conservator’s bond; and

(4) any final accounting of the protected person’s estate which has been submitted in the prior jurisdiction. If no such accounting was required by the transferring court, the petitioner must prepare and submit an accounting prior to acceptance.

(b) Notice of a petition under subsection (a) must be given to those persons that would be entitled to notice if the petition were a petition for the appointment of a guardian or issuance of a protective order in both the transferring state and this state. The notice must be given in the same manner as notice is required to be given in this state.

(c) On the court’s own motion or on request of the guardian or conservator, the incapacitated or protected person, or other person required to be notified of the proceeding, the court shall hold a hearing on a petition filed pursuant to subsection (a).

(d) The court shall issue a provisional order granting a petition filed under subsection (a) unless:

(1) an objection is made and the objector establishes that transfer of the proceeding would be contrary to the interests of the incapacitated or protected person;

(2) the guardian or conservator is ineligible for appointment in this state; or

(3) the petitioner fails to comply with the provisions of subsection (a).

(e) The court shall issue a final order accepting the proceeding and appointing the guardian or conservator as guardian or conservator in this state upon its receipt from the court from which the proceeding is being transferred of a final order issued under provisions similar to Section 26-2B-301 transferring the proceeding to this state and upon compliance with Section 26-2A-139.

(f) Not later than 90 days after issuance of a final order accepting transfer of a guardianship or conservatorship, the court shall determine whether the guardianship or conservatorship needs to be modified to conform to the law of this state. Such modification may include, among other things, an inventory or an accounting pursuant to Sections 26-2A-146 and 26-2A-147.

(g) In granting a petition under this section, the court shall recognize a guardianship or conservatorship order from the other state, including the determination of the incapacitated or protected person’s incapacity and the appointment of the guardian or conservator.

(h) The denial by a court of this state of a petition to accept a guardianship or conservatorship transferred from another state does not affect the ability of the guardian or conservator to seek appointment as guardian or conservator in this state under Chapter 2A of this title, if the court has jurisdiction to make an appointment other than by reason of the provisional order of transfer.