Jefferson County Probate Court, Birmingham Division

Jefferson County Courthouse
716 Richard Arrington, Jr. Boulevard North
Birmingham, Alabama 35203

Judge/Room/Courthouse/Telephone: 325-

Jefferson County Judge of Probate

PLACE 1 - JUDGE ALAN KING - 120 JCCH 5203
Joy Cooper - Court Coordinator

PLACE 2 - JUDGE SHERRI FRIDAY - 100 JCCH 5426
Jane Guarino - Principal Court Clerk
Cathy Bolden - Senior Court Clerk
Paul Carter - Commitments Clerk / Bailliff

CHIEF CLERK - 5420

RECORDING DEPT. - 5411 & 5412

RECORD ROOM - 5512

JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT - 5420

MARRIAGE LICENSES - 5182

NOTARIES - 5417

ADOPTIONS - 5426

INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENTS - 5428

ELECTIONS CLERK - 5204

Deputy Judge of Probate

HONORABLE CYNTHIA BUTLER
Room 101, Bessemer Courthouse
1801 North 3rd Avenue
Bessemer, Alabama 35020
Telephone: 481-4100

General

The Constitution of the State of Alabama grants powers for the Legislature to establish a Probate Court with general jurisdiction of orphans' business and with power to grant letters testamentary and of administration. CONSTITUTION, Article VI, Section 149.

Section 12-13-1, Code of Alabama provides that the probate court has original and general jurisdiction over the following:

1. The probate of wills.
2. The granting of letters testamentary and of administration and the repeal or revocation of the same.
3. All controversies in relation to the rights of executorship or of administration.
4. The settlement of accounts of executors and administrators.
5. The sale and disposition of the real and personal property belonging to and the distribution of interstate's estates.
6. The appointment and removal of guardians for minors and persons of unsound mind.
7. All controversies as to the rights of guardianship and the settlement of guardians' accounts.
8. The allotment of dower in land in the cases provided by law.
9. The partition of lands within their counties.
10. The change of the name of any person residing in their county, upon his filing a declaration in writing, signed by him, stating the name by which he is known and the name to which he wishes it to be changed.
11. Such other cases as jurisdiction is or may be given to such courts by law in all cases be exercised in the manner prescribed by law.
12. All orders, judgments and decrees of probate courts shall be accorded the same validity and presumptions which are accorded to judgments and orders of other courts of general jurisdiction.