Under existing law, a proceeding involving a guardianship or conservatorship of a minor or incapacitated person may be removed from the probate court to the circuit court at any time. This bill would provide additional procedures and requirements for removals of guardianships, conservatorships, and protective proceedings, such as specifying which parties may petition for removal; setting requirements for what must be included in a notice of removal; requiring notice of to be issued to certain parties; and requiring a proceeding to be remanded in certain circumstances. Existing law sets notice requirements for petitions involving a guardianship, conservatorship, or protective proceeding. This bill would require notice of a hearing on any such petition to be served as provided in the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure, provided that the notice must be provided at least 14 days before the hearing if sent by certified mail or commercial carrier and 10 days before the hearing if by process server. This bill would further provide for the duties of a guardian ad litem of a minor or other person who is the subject of a petition for a guardianship, conservatorship, or protective proceeding and would require each guardian ad litem to successfully complete a training program prepared or approved by the Alabama Probate Judges Association and the Alabama Law Institute prior to his or her appointment. This bill would require the court to appoint a court representative in any proceeding for a guardianship or protective order to investigate the allegations in the petition, interview the respondent, and provide a report to the court, unless the court determines a court representative is not likely to aid the court or would add unnecessary expense to the proceeding. This bill would allow the court to appoint a temporary guardian or emergency guardian in certain circumstances in which the appointment is likely to prevent substantial harm to an adult's physical health, safety, or welfare. This bill would allow the court to appoint a temporary conservator, emergency conservator, or grant other temporary or emergency relief in certain circumstances in which the appointment or grant is likely to prevent substantial harm to an adult's property or financial interests. This bill would provide for the scope and duration of authority of a temporary guardian, emergency guardian, temporary conservator, and emergency conservator; would require the court to provide notice of the appointment to certain parties; would allow for the appointment of an emergency guardian or emergency conservator without notice in certain circumstances; and would set a time frame for a hearing on the appropriateness of an appointment. This bill would allow the court to tax an attorney or party who improperly or vexatiously petitions for the appointment of a temporary guardian, emergency guardian, temporary conservator, emergency conservator, or other temporary or emergency relief. This bill would remove a provision allowing the court to preserve and apply the property of a person who is the subject of an ongoing protective order petition while the petition is pending. This bill would also delete duplicative language and would also make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.