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First African American male (probate court): William McKinley Branch in 1970 [8] [9] [10] First African American male ( Alabama Supreme Court ): Oscar W. Adams Jr. (1947) in 1980 [ 11 ] [ 12 ] First African American male (Seventeenth Judicial Circuit in Alabama): Eddie Hardaway, Jr. (1978) in 1995 [ 13 ]
Kimberly Clark: [39] [40] First female circuit court judge in Dale and Geneva Counties, Alabama (2015) Earlean Isaac: [14] First African American female to serve on the Greene County Probate Court in Alabama (1989) Lori Collier Ingram: [44] First female district court judge in Houston County, Alabama (2009)
Following is a list of current and former courthouses of the United States federal court system located in Alabama. Each entry indicates the name of the building along with an image, if available, its location and the jurisdiction it covers, [ 1 ] the dates during which it was used for each such jurisdiction, and, if applicable the person for ...
Alabama Court of Civil Appeals [2] Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals [3] Alabama Circuit Courts (41 circuits) [4] Alabama District Courts (67 districts) [4] Alabama Municipal Courts (273 courts) [4] Alabama Probate Courts (68 courts) [4] Alabama Court of the Judiciary [5] Federal courts located in Alabama. Map of U.S. District Courts. United ...
Tuscaloosa County Courthouse Tuscaloosa , Tuscaloosa County 33°12′26″N 87°34′4″W / 33.20722°N 87.56778°W / 33.20722; -87.56778 ( Tuscaloosa County Courthouse
A probate court (sometimes called a surrogate court) is a court that has competence in a jurisdiction to deal with matters of probate and the administration of estates. [1] In some jurisdictions, such courts may be referred to as orphans' courts [ 2 ] or courts of ordinary.
In 1938, at age 19, Wallace contributed to his grandfather's successful campaign for probate judge. Late in 1945, he was appointed as one of the assistant attorneys general of Alabama, and, in May 1946, he won his first election as a member to the Alabama House of Representatives. At the time, he was considered a moderate on racial issues.
The founder of Liberty Counsel, Mathew Staver, argued that "[t]he Judgement makes permanent the Alabama Supreme Court's order prohibiting probate judges from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples," adding that "The Alabama Supreme Court has rejected the illegitimate opinion of five lawyers on the U.S. Supreme Court."