Ala. Code § 12-18-80: Entitlement to Retirement and Receipt of Pension of Probate Judges Generally; Retirement Order.

Every probate judge who meets the requirements for retirement prescribed in this article shall be entitled to be retired and to receive a pension as provided in this article.

Such retirement shall be on order of the Board of Control of the Judicial Retirement Fund or on an order signed by the majority of the members of the Supreme Court and upon the request of the probate judge to be retired.