This article is declared to be remedial; its purpose is to settle and to afford relief from uncertainty and insecurity with respects to rights, status, and other legal relations and is to be liberally construed and administered. This article shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it and to harmonize, as far as possible, with federal laws and regulations on the subject of declaratory judgments.
Ala. Code § 6-6-221
Purpose, Construction, and Administration of Article.
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 84 So. 3d 106 - McDaniel v. Harleysville Mut. Ins. Co., 2100622 (ala.civ.app. 10-28-2011) (2011)
Most recently applied in 84 So. 3d 106 - McDaniel v. Harleysville Mut. Ins. Co., 2100622 (ala.civ.app. 10-28-2011) (October 2011)
(Acts 1935, No. 355, p. 777; Code 1940, T. 7, §167; Acts 1947, No. 604, p. 444.)
Official source: Alabama Legislature (ALISON). Reproduced from public-domain Alabama statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.