This bill establishes a process for residents of Montgomery County, Alabama, to file their wills with the Office of the Judge of Probate. It allows individuals to deposit their wills, which will be registered in a confidential docket maintained by the judge. Access to the filed wills is restricted to the individual who deposited the will, their legal representative, or attorney until the individual's death, while the docket itself remains open for public inspection. Additionally, the judge of probate is authorized to charge a reasonable fee for the filing of each will.
The bill clarifies that it does not prevent individuals from revoking their wills through the execution of a subsequent will, nor does it alter the ambulatory nature of a will. The act is set to take effect immediately upon passage. There are no deletions from current law noted in the text, but the new provisions regarding the filing and confidentiality of wills represent significant additions to the legal framework governing probate in Montgomery County.