Opinion of the Clerk

RULE 7, Alabama Rules of Judicial Administration — Transfer from Probate Court to Juvenile Court

ESDALE, Clerk.

Frank Gregory, administrative director of courts, acting pursuant to Ala. Code 1975, § 12-2-19(d), has submitted two questions, asking for opinions of the clerk.

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Mr. Gregory’s first question reads:

“When an adoption case is transferred from probate to juvenile court pursuant to § 12-12-35(a) or § 26-10A-24(e), Code of Alabama 1975, does such action constitute the filing of a ‘case’ within the meaning of Rule 7, Alabama Rules of Judicial Administration, for which a docket fee attaches?”

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