35-6-46
Section 35-6-46 Oath of commissioners; duties generally. The commissioners must be sworn faithfully
to execute the trust reposed in them, and to make the division or partition fairly and impartially,
if the same can be made; and the division or partition shall be conducted in all respects,
as nearly as may be, consistently with the provisions of this article, as is done when property
in the hands of an executor or administrator is to be distributed or divided; and in case
of application for partition of lands, the commissioner must, after examining the lands, and
a survey thereof, if necessary, proceed without delay to make division thereof into the necessary
number of shares, having regard to the quality of the soil, and other advantages, so as to
make the different shares as nearly equal in value as practicable; and they must make a plat
and map thereof, showing the subdivisions of the lots, and numbering them progressively; and
subdivisions and boundaries of the lots, and numbering...
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43-2-251
Section 43-2-251 Decree in favor of administrator ad litem. When, in such proceedings, the
estate represented by the administrator ad litem is entitled to a decree or judgment for the
recovery of money or for the possession of real or personal property, such decree or
judgment shall be rendered in favor of the administrator ad litem for the use of the estate.
(Code 1876, §2626; Code 1886, §2284; Code 1896, §353; Code 1907, §2819; Code 1923, §6058;
Code 1940, T. 61, §166.)...
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43-2-290
Section 43-2-290 Causes of removal generally. An administrator may be removed, and his letters
revoked for his removal from the state; and an administrator or executor may be removed and
his letters revoked for any of the following causes: (1) Imbecility of mind; intemperance;
continued sickness, rendering him incapable of the discharge of his duties; or when from his
conduct or character there is reason to believe that he is not a suitable person to have the
charge and control of the estate. (2) Failure to make and return inventories or accounts of
sale; failure to make settlements as required by law; or the failure to do any act as such
executor or administrator, when lawfully required by the judge of probate. (3) The wasting,
embezzlement or any other maladministration of the estate. (4) The using of any of the funds
of the estate for his own benefit. (5) A sentence of imprisonment in the penitentiary, county
jail or for hard labor for the county for a term of 12 months or more....
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43-2-557
Section 43-2-557 Proceedings on final settlement of account. On the day appointed for auditing
such account, any person may attend on the part of such executor or administrator or, if dead,
of his personal representative or, in case of his removal from the state, his sureties
and show that he is entitled to additional credits; and any person interested may attend and
contest any item of such account or in any previous account, or may show assets not accounted
for, or that such executor or administrator has failed to collect any assets from want of
due diligence, or that, by any abuse of or failure to discharge his trust, such assets, or
any portion thereof, have been injured, destroyed or depreciated; and, in case of such proof,
the executor or administrator or, if dead, his personal representative or, in case
of his removal from the state, his sureties must be charged therewith. On such settlements,
decrees must be rendered as upon like settlements voluntarily made. (Code 1852,...
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43-2-813
Section 43-2-813 Effect of order or decree of insolvency certified to other courts after judgment
or decree therein rendered. After judgment or decree has been rendered in any court against
an executor or administrator for any debt, damages or costs, if the estate is subsequently
declared insolvent, such personal representative may file a certified copy of the decree
or order of the probate court declaring such estate insolvent with the clerk or register of
the court in which such judgment or decree was rendered against the personal representative;
whereupon, it shall be the duty of such clerk or register to certify back to the probate court
a copy of such judgment or decree for payment in the probate court as other claims against
insolvent estates, after which no execution shall issue or be further enforced against such
executor or administrator or sureties personally by the court rendering such judgment or decree.
(Code 1907, §2796; Code 1923, §6035; Code 1940, T. 61, §422.)...
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6-10-95
Section 6-10-95 Reduced homestead incapable of allotment - Sale - When allowed. The homestead
of a decedent may be sold by order of the court having jurisdiction of the estate, on petition
of executor or administrator, when the same, after being reduced to its lowest area, exceeds
$6,000 in value and when it is necessary that the same be sold for the payment of debts because
the remainder of the estate is insufficient to pay all debts and claims against the estate
and the surviving spouse or minor children fail to pay the deficiency within 30 days after
notice of said petition. (Code 1923, §5850; Code 1940, T. 7, §686; Acts 1951, No. 911, p.
1558, §1.)...
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26-8-42
Section 26-8-42 Removal of property of minor or ward whose parent, etc., resides without state
or removes minor or ward from state - Entry of order of removal. The court, if satisfied of
the truth of the application and that the transcript of the appointment of the conservator
in the state of the residence of the parent or conservator is in due form and properly certified
and that the court making the appointment has jurisdiction, must make an order authorizing
the removal of the property of the minor or ward and authorizing such conservator to receive
the same. (Code 1886, §2491; Code 1896, §2376; Code 1907, §4466; Code 1923, §8239; Code
1940, T. 21, §111; Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)...
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26-8-43
Section 26-8-43 Removal of property of minor or ward whose parent, etc., resides without state
or removes minor or ward from state - Settlement of conservatorship of conservator within
state. If such minor or ward has a conservator in this state appointed by the court or subject
to the jurisdiction of the court, an order must be made and entered requiring such conservator
to make a final settlement of this conservatorship. (Code 1876, §2801; Code 1886, §2492;
Code 1896, §2377; Code 1907, §4467; Code 1923, §8240; Code 1940, T. 21, §112; Acts 1987,
No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)...
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43-2-198
Section 43-2-198 Service of process - Generally. Service of summons or other process may be
made upon nonresident executors and administrators personally if found within the state. Such
service may be made in any case by personal service upon them if found within the state,
or by filing in the probate court granting letters a copy of the summons or other process
and by sending a copy thereof through the mail to such executor or administrator and serving
a copy thereof upon a resident surety, if there be one, as provided in section 43-2-199. (Code
1896, §86; Code 1907, §2562; Code 1923, §5785; Code 1940, T. 61, §147.)...
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43-2-375
Section 43-2-375 Payment of debts not due. Any debt not due, which has been presented, may
be paid by an executor or administrator after six months from the grant of letters, and the
provisions of section 43-2-374 include such debts; but such payment must not be made unless
the creditor accepts, in discharge of such debt, such an amount as, with interest from the
day of payment to the day when such debt is due, would make the amount thereof. (Code 1852,
§1791; Code 1867, §2118; Code 1876, §2495; Code 1886, §2087; Code 1896, §137; Code 1907,
§2601; Code 1923, §5826; Acts 1931, No. 717, p. 837; Code 1940, T. 61, §222.)...
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