Section 19-3B-204 - Venue(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), venue for actions and proceedings involving a trust is proper (i) in any county where venue is proper for civil actions generally, pursuant to Title 6, Chapter 3; (ii) in the county of this state where the trust has its principal place of administration; or (iii) in the case of a trust whose principal place of administration is in a jurisdiction other than this state, in the county where the settlor resided at the creation of the trust, or in the case of a testamentary trust, where the settlor's estate was administered.(b) If a trust has no trustee, then venue for a judicial proceeding for the appointment of a trustee is in a county of this state in which a beneficiary resides, in a county in which any trust property is located, and if the trust is created by will, in the county in which the decedent's estate was or is being administered.Ala. Code § 19-3B-204 (1975)
Act 2006-216, p. 314, §1.