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34-13-11
Section 34-13-11 Authorizing agent; right of disposition. (a) A person, who is at least
18 years of age and of sound mind, may enter into a contract to act as authorizing agent and
direct the location, manner, and conditions of disposition of remains and arrange for funeral
goods and services to be provided upon death. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b),
the right to control the disposition of the remains of a deceased person as an authorizing
agent, including the location, manner, and conditions of disposition and arrangements for
funeral goods and services to be provided, shall vest in the following persons in the priority
listed and the order named, provided the person is at least 18 years of age and of sound mind:
(1) The person designated by the decedent as authorized to direct disposition pursuant to
Public Law No. 109-163, Section 564, as listed on the decedent's United States Department
of Defense Record of Emergency Data, DD Form 93, or its successor form, if the...
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27-17A-2
Section 27-17A-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) ALTERNATIVE CONTAINER. A nonmetal receptacle or enclosure, without
ornamentation or a fixed interior lining, which is designed for the encasement of human remains
and which is made of cardboard, pressed-wood, composition materials (with or without an outside
covering), or pouches of canvas or other materials. (2) ARRANGEMENT CONFERENCE. The meeting
occurring either at need or preneed between the seller and the purchaser during which funeral
or cemetery merchandise and services are discussed. (3) ARRANGEMENT CONFERENCE FEE. The charge
to the purchaser in conjunction with the arrangement conference. (4) AT NEED. At the time
of death, or immediately following death. (5) AUTHORIZING AGENT. One who is lawfully authorized
to control the final disposition of human remains. (6) BELOW-GROUND CRYPT. A preplaced enclosed
chamber, which is usually constructed of reinforced concrete,...
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43-2-692
Section 43-2-692 Petition for summary distribution; when surviving spouse or distributee
entitled to personal property without administration. (a) The surviving spouse, if there is
one, otherwise the distributees of an estate of personal property only, may initiate a proceeding
for summary distribution of the estate by filing a verified petition in the office of the
judge of probate of the county in which the decedent was domiciled at death alleging the conditions
provided in subsection (b). The petition shall include a description of the estate of the
decedent. No bond shall be required to be filed with the petition. (b) The surviving spouse
or distributee shall have a defeasible right to the personal property of the decedent without
awaiting the appointment of a personal representative or the probate of a will if all of the
following conditions exist: (1) The value of the entire estate does not exceed twenty-five
thousand dollars ($25,000). This figure shall be adjusted annually for...
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34-13-12
Section 34-13-12 Truthfulness of documentary information; rights and obligations of
funeral establishment; liability. (a) Any person signing a funeral service agreement, cremation
authorization form, or any other authorization for disposition by his or her signature shall
attest to the truthfulness of any facts set forth in the document including, but not limited
to, the identity of the decedent whose remains are to be buried, cremated, or otherwise disposed
of and the authority of the person to order the disposition. A funeral establishment may rely
on a funeral service agreement, contract, or authorization in carrying out the instructions
of the person the funeral establishment reasonably believes to hold the right of disposition.
A funeral establishment is not responsible for contacting or independently investigating the
existence of any next-of-kin or relative of a decedent. If there is more than one person in
a class with equal priority and the funeral establishment has no...
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5-24-15
Section 5-24-15 Rights of creditors and others. (a) If other assets of the estate are
insufficient, a transfer resulting from a right of survivorship or POD designation under this
chapter is not effective against the estate of a deceased party to the extent needed to pay
claims against the estate and statutory allowances to the surviving spouse and children. (b)
A surviving party or beneficiary who receives payment from an account after death of a party
is liable to account to the personal representative of the decedent for a proportionate share
of the amount received to which the decedent, immediately before death, was beneficially entitled
under Section 5-24-11, to the extent necessary to discharge the claims and allowances
described in subsection (a) remaining unpaid after application of the decedent's estate. A
proceeding to assert the liability may not be commenced unless the personal representative
has received a written demand by the surviving spouse, a creditor, a child, or a...
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34-13-1
Section 34-13-1 Definitions. (a) For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall
have the following meanings: (1) ACCREDITED SCHOOL or COLLEGE OF MORTUARY SCIENCE. A school
or college approved by the Alabama Board of Funeral Service and which maintains a course of
instruction of not less than 48 calendar weeks or four academic quarters or college terms
and which gives a course of instruction in the fundamental subjects including, but not limited
to, the following: a. Mortuary management and administration. b. Legal medicine and toxicology
as it pertains to funeral directing. c. Public health, hygiene, and sanitary science. d. Mortuary
science, to include embalming technique, in all its aspects; chemistry of embalming, color
harmony; discoloration, its causes, effects, and treatment; treatment of special cases; restorative
art; funeral management; and professional ethics. e. Anatomy and physiology. f. Chemistry,
organic and inorganic. g. Pathology. h. Bacteriology. i. Sanitation...
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43-8-1
Section 43-8-1 General definitions. Subject to additional definitions contained in the
subsequent articles which are applicable to specific articles or divisions, and unless the
context otherwise requires, in this chapter, the following words shall have the following
meanings: (1) BENEFICIARY. As it relates to trust beneficiaries, includes a person who has
any present or future interest, vested or contingent, and also includes the owner of an interest
by assignment or other transfer and as it relates to a charitable trust, includes any person
entitled to enforce the trust. (2) CHILD. Includes any individual entitled to take as a child
under this chapter by intestate succession from the parent whose relationship is involved
and excludes any person who is only a stepchild, a foster child, a grandchild or any more
remote descendant. (3) COURT. The court having jurisdiction in matters relating to the affairs
of decedents. This court in Alabama is known as the probate court. (4) DAYS. That...
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27-60-2
Section 27-60-2 Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact. The State of Alabama
hereby agrees to the following interstate compact known as the Interstate Insurance Product
Regulation Compact: ARTICLE I. PURPOSES. The purposes of this compact are, through means of
joint and cooperative action among the compacting states: 1. To promote and protect the interest
of consumers of individual and group annuity, life insurance, disability income, and long-term
care insurance products; 2. To develop uniform standards for insurance products covered under
the compact; 3. To establish a central clearinghouse to receive and provide prompt review
of insurance products covered under the compact and, in certain cases, advertisements related
thereto, submitted by insurers authorized to do business in one or more compacting states;
4. To give appropriate regulatory approval to those product filings and advertisements satisfying
the applicable uniform standard; 5. To improve coordination of...
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25-5-57
Section 25-5-57 Compensation for disability. (a) Compensation schedule. Following is
the schedule of compensation: (1) TEMPORARY TOTAL DISABILITY. For injury producing temporary
total disability, the compensation shall be 66 2/3 percent of the average weekly earnings
received at the time of injury, subject to a maximum and minimum weekly compensation as stated
in Section 25-5-68, but if at the time of injury the employee received average weekly
earnings of less than the minimum stated in Section 25-5-68, then he or she shall receive
the full amount of the average weekly earnings per week. This compensation shall be paid during
the time of the disability, but at the time as a temporary total disability shall become permanent,
compensation for the continued total disability shall be governed by (a)(4) of this section
with respect to permanent total disability. Payments are to be made at the intervals when
the earnings were payable, as nearly as may be, unless the parties otherwise agree....
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27-61-1
Section 27-61-1 Surplus Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact. The Surplus
Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact Act is enacted into law and entered into with
all jurisdictions mutually adopting the compact in the form substantially as follows: PREAMBLE
WHEREAS, with regard to Non-Admitted Insurance policies with risk exposures located in multiple
states, the 111th United States Congress has stipulated in Title V, Subtitle B, the Non-Admitted
and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2010, of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection
Act, hereafter, the NRRA, that: (A) The placement of Non-Admitted Insurance shall be subject
to the statutory and regulatory requirements solely of the insured's Home State, and (B) Any
law, regulation, provision, or action of any State that applies or purports to apply to Non-Admitted
Insurance sold to, solicited by, or negotiated with an insured whose Home State is another
State shall be preempted with respect to such application;...
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