12-13-48
Section 12-13-48 Payment to probate judge of money due on decree upon settlement by executor,
administrator, etc.; duty of judge as to payment of money to person entitled thereto and liability
for failure to perform duty. Money due on decrees for the payment of money rendered against
any executor, administrator or guardian on a partial or final settlement may be paid to the
probate judge, and it shall be his duty to pay over the same to the person entitled thereto
on demand upon proper proof of identity or authority; and, for failure to do so, he shall
incur a penalty in favor of the person entitled to the money of 10 percent damages, which,
together with the money received and interest thereon, may be recovered by civil action on
his bond. (Code 1867, §793; Code 1876, §699; Code 1886, §792; Code 1896, §3369; Code 1907,
§5427; Code 1923, §9588; Code 1940, T. 13, §293.)...
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26-5-31
Section 26-5-31 Partial settlement generally - Application of ward, etc., for partial settlement;
issuance of process to conservator as to hearing thereupon; dismissal of application. On the
application of the ward by next friend or the sureties on the conservator's bond, showing
satisfactory cause, the court may issue process to the conservator, requiring him or her to
appear and show cause why he or she should not make a partial settlement of his or her conservatorship,
of which process there must be service 10 days before the day appointed for the appearance
of the conservator. If, on the hearing, it should appear that there is no satisfactory cause
for ordering such settlement, the application must be dismissed at the costs of the next friend
or the sureties on the conservator's bond, as the case may be. (Code 1886, §2468; Code 1896,
§2353; Code 1907, §4443; Code 1923, §8216; Code 1940, T. 21, §146; Acts 1987, No. 87-590,
p. 975, §2-333(b).)...
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43-2-508
Section 43-2-508 Satisfaction of claims. Any judge of probate, clerk or register of any circuit
court or officer of any other court in Alabama having jurisdiction of partial or final settlement
of estates of deceased persons shall be authorized to satisfy any claim legally filed against
such estates and recorded in the solvent docket book in the office of the probate court, when
satisfied from the evidence presented on a partial or final settlement that such claims have
been paid. Such satisfaction shall have the effect of notifying all interested parties that
evidence of payment of such debt has been filed in the court. For each such satisfaction,
the officer shall be paid a fee of $.25. A cancelled check for the amount claimed, properly
endorsed by the claimant, may be considered as proof of the payment of such claim, and further
proof of payment shall not be required. (Acts 1939, No. 68, p. 109; Code 1940, T. 61, §303;
Acts 1975, No. 1222, §1.)...
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43-2-517
Section 43-2-517 Appointment and compensation of special guardian. The jurisdiction of the
probate court to make partial or final settlements or distributions of the estates of decedents
is not affected by the fact that the executor or administrator making the settlement is also
guardian of any heir or distributee, devisee or legatee of the decedent; but in such case
the court must appoint a special guardian, without bond, to represent such heir or distributee,
devisee or legatee on the settlement and distribution; and, upon final settlement, any decree
to which such ward may be entitled must be rendered against the executor or administrator
in the name of the special guardian for the use of the ward; and thereafter the executor or
administrator, in the capacity of guardian, shall be accountable for such decree. The special
guardian shall be entitled to reasonable compensation for his services and for the services
of counsel properly employed to be allowed by the court and to be paid...
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12-22-4
Section 12-22-4 Judgment on partial or annual settlement of estate. From a judgment of the
circuit court or probate court on a partial or annual settlement of an estate of a deceased
person, an appeal lies to the Supreme Court; but this section shall not be construed as to
prevent the presentation of an issue upon appeal taken after a final determination of the
case. (Code 1896, §433; Code 1907, §2845; Code 1923, §6087; Code 1940, T. 7, §763.)...

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43-2-505
Section 43-2-505 Time for settlement; notice generally. (a) Upon the filing of such account,
vouchers, evidence, and statement, the judge of probate must appoint a day for such settlement,
and must give notice of the same, by publication in some newspaper published in the county,
for three successive weeks; or, if none is published in the county, by posting such notice
at the courthouse and three other public places in such county, for the same length of time;
but if the settlement be only an annual one, publication shall only be given by posting up
notices as above provided. If the settlement is a final one, the probate judge must also give
10 days' notice of the day set for making the settlement to every adult distributee resident
in the state whose place of residence is known or can be ascertained with reasonable diligence,
and to all sureties on the bond of the administrator or executor. (b) Such notice must state
the name of the executor or administrator, the name of the deceased,...
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12-11-41
Section 12-11-41 Removal of administration of estates from probate court. The administration
of any estate may be removed from the probate court to the circuit court at any time before
a final settlement thereof, by any heir, devisee, legatee, distributee, executor, administrator
or administrator with the will annexed of any such estate, without assigning any special equity;
and an order of removal must be made by the court, upon the filing of a sworn petition by
any such heir, devisee, legatee, distributee, executor, administrator or administrator with
the will annexed of any such estate, reciting that the petitioner is such heir, devisee, legatee,
distributee, executor, administrator or administrator with the will annexed and that, in the
opinion of the petitioner, such estate can be better administered in the circuit court than
in the probate court. (Acts 1915, No. 680, p. 738; Code 1923, §6478; Code 1940, T. 13, §139.)...

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26-5-34
Section 26-5-34 Final settlement generally - Authorization and procedure generally for compulsion
of settlement by personal representative of conservator. On the death of a conservator, at
any time after the expiration of six months from the qualification of his or her personal
representative, such representative may be required, on 10 days' notice, such notice to be
given by the service of process, to appear and make settlement of the conservatorship of his
or her testator or intestate. (Code 1886, §2471; Code 1896, §2356; Code 1907, §4446; Code
1923, §8219; Code 1940, T. 21, §149; Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)...
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39-1-1
Section 39-1-1 Bonds required of persons contracting for public works; commencement, etc.,
of actions upon bond by persons supplying labor, etc., to contractor; offer to accept judgment;
notice of completion of project by contractor and final settlement; applicability. (a) Any
person entering into a contract with an awarding authority in this state for the prosecution
of any public works shall, before commencing the work, execute a performance bond, with penalty
equal to 100 percent of the amount of the contract price. In addition, another bond, payable
to the awarding authority letting the contract, shall be executed in an amount not less than
50 percent of the contract price, with the obligation that the contractor or contractors shall
promptly make payments to all persons supplying labor, materials, or supplies for or in the
prosecution of the work provided in the contract and for the payment of reasonable attorneys'
fees incurred by successful claimants or plaintiffs in civil...
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43-2-531
Section 43-2-531 Issuance of citation; notice; when court required to examine, audit or restate
account. After stating such account, the court must issue a citation to such executor or administrator
to appear on a day therein named and file his accounts and vouchers for settlement or that
the account so stated will be passed, which must be served on him at least 10 days before
the day named therein; and must also give notice of such settlement by publication, as in
case of settlements voluntarily made by executors and administrators; and, if on the day named
such executor or administrator fails to appear and file his accounts and vouchers for settlement,
as required by law, the court must proceed to examine the account so stated and audit and,
if necessary, restate the same. (Code 1852, §§1818, 1819; Code 1867, §§2154, 2155; Code
1876, §§2525, 2526; Code 1886, §2156; Code 1896, §224; Code 1907, §2687; Code 1923, §5920;
Code 1940, T. 61, §317.)...
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