As you make your estate plans, if you are looking to avoid probate in Alabama, the most effective options will be to establish a living trust, hold major assets in joint tenancy, and add a ...

Reporting from Atlanta — Roy Moore, the conservative Alabama chief justice who ordered probate judges across the state not to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, was ousted from his position ...

Probate judges in some Alabama counties are saying they will stop issuing marriage licenses to anyone after same-sex marriages become legal in Alabama Monday. Judges in at least four counties have ...

Washington County Probate Judge Nick Williams on Wednesday afternoon asked the Alabama Supreme Court for an order that will protect him and others who refuse, based on their religious beliefs, to ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A west Alabama probate judge is resigning after being charged with violating rules for judicial ethics. Greene County Probate Judge Earlean Isaac agrees to quit for improperly ...

Alabama’s chief justice on Wednesday directed probate judges in the state to enforce the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, seven months after a landmark Supreme Court ruling legalized gay and lesbian ...

The Alabama Ethics Commission determined this week that former Autauga County probate judge Al Booth has violated the state’s ethics law. The case has been forwarded to District Attorney Randall ...

The Alabama Supreme Court once again has instructed probate judges not to issue marriage licenses. In a 134-page opinion, seven of the nine justices said the U.S. Constitution "does not require one ...