Section 26-2-50

Section 26-2-50Appointment of general conservator of county or sheriff as guardian.

The general conservator of the county must be appointed conservator of an incapacitated person if no other suitable person applies for appointment and qualifies and if there be no general conservator, the sheriff must be appointed.

(Code 1852, §2017; Code 1867, §§2416, 2423; Code 1876, §§2765, 2767; Code 1886, §2405; Code 1896, §2270; Code 1907, §4360; Code 1923, §8118; Code 1940, T. 21, §24; Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)