Section 26-2-27 Appointment of sheriff as guardian.
Section 26-2-27
Appointment of sheriff as guardian.
If no fit person is appointed and qualifies as guardian of a minor and there be no general guardian for the county, the sheriff must be appointed guardian and the guardianship attaches to the office of sheriff.
(Code 1852, §2017; Code 1867, §2416; Code 1876, §2767; Code 1886, §2377; Code 1896, §2254; Code 1907, §4344; Code 1923, §8101; Code 1940, T. 21, §8.)