43-2-350
Section 43-2-350 Time and manner of filing claims - Generally. (a) All claims against the estate
of a decedent, held by the personal representative of the decedent or by an assignee or transferee
of the personal representative, or in which the personal representative has an interest, whether
due or to become due, must be presented within six months after the grant of letters, or within
five months from the date of the first publication of notice, whichever is the later to occur,
provided however, that any creditor entitled to actual notice as prescribed in section 43-2-61
must be allowed thirty days after notice within which to present the claim, by filing the
claims, or statement thereof, verified by affidavit, in the office of the judge of probate,
in all respects as provided by section 43-2-352. All claims not so presented and filed are
forever barred, and the payment or allowance thereof is prohibited. But this subsection shall
not apply to claims of personal representatives to...
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43-2-332
Section 43-2-332 When distributed share kept and worked with undivided portion of estate. When
a share or shares of real or personal property of any decedent is or are set apart or distributed
to any widow, heir at law or distributee of such decedent, and it appears to the satisfaction
of the court that it is to the interest of the parties interested in the estate that such
share or shares should be kept and worked together with such estate remaining undivided, the
probate court, upon the application of the executor or administrator, and of the owner or
owners of such share or shares, may order the executor or administrator to keep such share
or shares, and work the same, together with the estate remaining undivided, for a term not
exceeding 10 years; but such order must not be granted, if in conflict with the will of the
testator. (Code 1867, §2264; Code 1876, §2604; Code 1886, §2212; Code 1896, §280; Code
1907, §2745; Code 1923, §5984; Code 1940, T. 61, §200.)...
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43-2-410
Section 43-2-410 Power of sale conferred. Any part of the personal property of a decedent,
including land warrants and choses in action, may be sold only by order of the court, on the
written application of the executor or administrator, verified by affidavit, in the following
cases, unless, in such cases, power to sell is conferred by the will: (1) For the payment
of debts. (2) To make distribution among the distributees or legatees. (3) To prevent the
waste or destruction of property liable to waste, or of a perishable nature, if it is proved
that the sale would be beneficial to the estate. (Code 1852, §1743; Code 1867, §2067; Code
1876, §2433; Code 1886, §2092; Code 1896, §142; Code 1907, §2606; Code 1923, §5832; Code
1940, T. 61, §228.)...
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43-6-2
Section 43-6-2 Notice by representative. The personal representative of any person leaving
property not devised or bequeathed, or where the devisees or legatees are incapable of taking
and such representative is unable to ascertain any lawful heirs or distributees or persons
capable of taking within six months after the grant of letters testamentary or of administration,
must give notice thereof in some newspaper published in the state once a week for three successive
weeks; but it shall not be necessary for any personal representative to institute escheat
proceedings under this chapter until the debts of the decedent have been paid. (Code 1852,
§2065; Code 1867, §2457; Code 1876, §2852; Code 1886, §1937; Code 1896, §1753; Code 1907,
§3919; Code 1923, §7615; Code 1940, T. 16, §26.)...
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43-8-111
Section 43-8-111 Exempt property. If the decedent was domiciled in this state at the time of
death the surviving spouse is entitled to receive, in addition to the homestead allowance,
property of a value not exceeding seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) in excess of
any security interests therein in household furniture, automobiles, furnishings, appliances
and personal effects. If there is no surviving spouse, children of the decedent are entitled
jointly to the same value. If encumbered chattels are selected and if the value in excess
of security interests, plus that of other exempt property, is less than seven thousand five
hundred dollars ($7,500), or if there is not seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500)
worth of exempt property in the estate, the spouse or children are entitled to other assets
of the estate, if any, to the extent necessary to make up the seven thousand five hundred
dollars ($7,500) value. Rights to exempt property and assets needed to make up a...
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43-2-551
Section 43-2-551 Making succeeding executor or administrator party to settlement. The remaining
or succeeding executor or administrator of the estate of the decedent, if there be one, must
be made a party to such settlement and, if a resident of this state, must have personal notice
of the time of making the same served on him at least 10 days before the day appointed therefor.
(Code 1867, §2166; Code 1876, §2538; Code 1886, §2174; Code 1896, §242; Code 1907, §2693;
Code 1923, §5926; Code 1940, T. 61, §321.)...
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43-2-553
Section 43-2-553 Decree for balance - Decree in favor of outgoing executor or administrator;
insolvent estates. If, on such settlement, a balance is ascertained to be due from the estate
of such decedent to the deceased or outgoing executor or administrator, the probate court
may, if six months have elapsed from the grant of original letters, render a decree in favor
of the outgoing executor or administrator or, if dead, of his personal representative, against
the remaining or succeeding executor or administrator for such balance; and if the estate
is solvent, payment thereof may be enforced by execution against him, to be levied on any
effects of such estate in his hands unadministered; but if the estate is insolvent, such decree
is to be paid as other claims against insolvent estates; and if such balance or any part thereof
is for expenses of administration necessarily incurred, such balance, or such part thereof
as may be for such expenses, shall be a preferred claim against such...
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43-2-830
Section 43-2-830 Devolution of estate at death; restrictions. (a) Upon the death of a person,
decedent's real property devolves to the persons to whom it is devised by decedent's last
will or to those indicated as substitutes for them in cases involving lapse, renunciation,
or other circumstances affecting the devolution of a testate estate, or in the absence of
testamentary disposition, to decedent's heirs, or to those indicated as substitutes for them
in cases involving renunciation or other circumstances affecting devolution of intestate estates.
(b) Decedent's personal property devolves to the personal representative to be distributed
to: (1) Those persons to whom it is devised by the testator's last will or to those indicated
as substitutes for them in cases involving lapse, renunciation, or other circumstances affecting
the devolution of a testate estate; or (2) In the absence of testamentary disposition, to
decedent's heirs, or to those indicated as substitutes for them in cases...
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6-5-411
Section 6-5-411 Injuries to decedent's property resulting from wrongful act, etc., causing
death. (a) The personal representative of a deceased person may commence an action in a court
of competent jurisdiction within the State of Alabama, and not elsewhere, and recover such
damages as the jury may assess for injuries or damages to the property of the decedent resulting
from the same wrongful act, omission, or negligence which caused the death of the decedent,
provided the decedent could have commenced such action if the wrongful act, omission, or negligence
causing the property damage had not also caused his death. (b) Such action may be commenced
though there has not been prosecution, conviction, or acquittal of the defendant for the wrongful
act, omission, or negligence; and it shall not abate by the death of the defendant, but may
be revived against his personal representative. (c) The damages recovered are not subject
to the payment of the debts or liabilities of the decedent, but...
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43-2-253
Section 43-2-253 Enforcement of decree or judgment for recovery of property. When such decree
or judgment is for the recovery of real or personal property and the estate has no executor
or administrator, no writ of possession or other writ for the enforcement of such decree or
judgment shall issue thereon until there shall be some person duly authorized under the laws
of this state to receive the possession of such property, and then such writ shall issue in
favor of such person. (Code 1876, §2627; Code 1886, §2286; Code 1896, §355; Code 1907,
§2821; Code 1923, §6060; Code 1940, T. 61, §168.)...
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