Ala. Code § 6-6-181: Complaint to Compel Discovery, Etc., of Property - Intent to Hinder, Delay, or Defraud Creditors; Charge of Fraud to Be Answered; Use of Answer as Evidence on Fraud Indictment.

(a) A complaint for discovery may be filed and the defendant compelled to answer such complaint when the defendant is charged with having confessed or suffered a judgment, where no portion or a part only of such judgment is due, with the intent to hinder, delay, or defraud creditors or with having conveyed his property with the like intent.

(b) A defendant may be compelled to answer a complaint in the circuit court charging him with any fraud affecting the rights or property of others.

(c) No answer made to a complaint under the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section can be read in evidence against the defendant on an indictment for any fraud charged in the complaint.