43-2-29
Section 43-2-29 Grant of letters testamentary after revocation of letters of administration.
(a) If, after letters of administration have been granted as in case of intestacy, any will
is proved and the executor therein named appears, claims letters testamentary and complies
with the requisition of the law, the probate court having jurisdiction must revoke the letters
of administration and grant letters testamentary to such executor. (b) If, in the case provided
for by subsection (a), the sole executor or some of the executors, within five days after
the proof of such will, do not appear and take out letters testamentary thereon, a copy of
the will must be annexed to the letters of administration and must be executed by the administrator.
(Code 1852, §§1722, 1723; Code 1867, §§2045, 2046; Code 1876, §§2414, 2415; Code 1886
§§2066, 2067; Code 1896, §§113, 114; Code 1907, §§2517, 2518; Code 1923, §§5739, 5740;
Code 1940, T. 61, §§78, 79.)...
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43-2-560
Section 43-2-560 Settlement by sureties of deceased executor or administrator - Filing account
and vouchers. In case of the death of an executor or administrator who had not made a final
settlement of his executorship or administration, and where letters of administration or testamentary
have not been granted on his estate, the sureties on his official bond may proceed to make
settlement of his administration of said estate as executor or administrator in the probate
court having jurisdiction thereof by filing an account and vouchers for final settlement with
the heirs and distributees, or with the administrator de bonis non, or cestui que trust, or
minors and guardian ad litem, where minors are interested. (Acts 1915, No. 98, p. 138; Code
1923, §5935; Code 1940, T. 61, §330.)...
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43-2-640
Section 43-2-640 Authorization to make distribution - Distribution by executor or administrator.
When the executor or administrator is satisfied that the estate is solvent, he may, after
six months from the date of the grant of letters testamentary or of administration, make distribution
of the whole or any part of the property without obtaining an order of court, or he may so
report it and obtain an order of distribution as to the whole, or any part of the property;
but, in such case, if the distribution or the order is made before a final settlement of such
estate, neither the distribution, the order, nor the proceedings thereon are a defense in
any action brought against such executor or administrator as such. (Code 1852, §1771; Code
1867, §2097; Code 1876, §2474; Code 1886, §2191; Code 1896, §259; Code 1907, §2724; Code
1923, §5963; Code 1940, T. 61, §365; Acts 1949, No. 614, p. 945.)...
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43-8-51
Section 43-8-51 Controversy as to advancements - Discovery of advancements. Pending administration
of an estate, on the application of the executor or administrator, or someone interested in
the estate, to the probate court where the administration is, alleging on oath that an advancement
has been made by the decedent, and that the value of such advancement is not expressed in
any conveyance or receipt, within the applicant's knowledge, or in any charge made by the
decedent, the judge of probate must issue citation to the distributee or heir alleged to have
received such advancement, requiring him, within a specified time, not less than 30 nor more
than 60 days, to report on oath a list of the property received, the time when and the value
of the same when received, or to deny on oath having received any advancement from the decedent.
If the party alleged to have received the advancement is a nonresident of the state, notice
must be given by publication once a week for three successive...
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43-2-47
Section 43-2-47 Special administrator ad colligendum. (a) The judge of probate may, in any
contest respecting the validity of a will, or for the purpose of collecting the goods of a
deceased, or in any other case in which it is necessary, appoint a special administrator,
authorizing the collection and preservation by him of the goods of the deceased until letters
testamentary or of administration have been duly issued. (b) Every such special administrator
has authority to collect the goods and chattels of the estate and debts of the deceased, to
give receipts for moneys collected, to satisfy liens and mortgages paid to him and to secure
and preserve such goods and chattels at such expense as may be deemed reasonable by the probate
court; and for such purposes, he may maintain civil actions as administrator. (c) Such special
administrator may also, under the direction of the probate court, sell such goods as are perishable
or wasting, after the same have been appraised, upon such notice...
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43-2-580
Section 43-2-580 When legatee or widow entitled to compel payment. After the expiration of
six months from the grant of letters testamentary, or of administration, with the will annexed,
if there are more than sufficient assets in the hands of such executor or administrator to
pay the debts of the deceased, any legatee may apply to the probate court of the county in
which letters were granted to compel the payment of his legacy; and a widow who has dissented
from her husband's will or her personal representative, if she is dead, shall have like remedy
to compel the payment of the distributive share to which she may be entitled. (Code 1852,
§1772; Code 1867, §2098; Code 1876, §2475; Code 1886, §2192; Code 1896, §260; Code 1907,
§2736; Code 1923, §5975; Acts 1931, No. 726, p. 841; Code 1940, T. 61, §335.)...
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43-2-195
Section 43-2-195 Collection of debts and deposits by nonresident personal representative. The
personal representative of a deceased person, by appointment of a court having jurisdiction
in any state other than the state of Alabama, may receive and collect any indebtedness or
bank deposit owing to the deceased by any person who is a resident of Alabama, and such personal
representative may execute a release, discharge and satisfaction of such indebtedness. Such
personal representative, at the time of or before making such collection and satisfaction,
release or discharge, shall file for record in the probate office of the county wherein the
debtor resides a certified copy of the letters testamentary or of administration issued to
such personal representative, certified in accordance with 28 U.S.C.A., §1738, but no such
collection shall be made until the lapse of 60 days from the date of the death of the deceased,
and no such collection shall be made if proceedings are pending for the...
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43-2-293
Section 43-2-293 Application for removal or additional bond. Application for the removal of
any executor or administrator, or for an additional bond, must be in writing, verified by
oath, must specify the grounds of complaint and must be made to the court from which letters
issued, or in which the administration is pending; and may be made by any creditor, legatee,
devisee, heir or distributee, or by any coexecutor, coadministrator or the sureties, or any
of them. (Code 1852, §§1698, 1699; Code 1867, §§2019, 2020; Code 1876, §§2388, 2389;
Code 1886, §2047; Code 1896, §94; Code 1907, §2568; Code 1923, §5791; Code 1940, T. 61,
§181.)...
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43-2-22
Section 43-2-22 Disqualification of certain persons to serve as executor or administrator.
(a) No person must be deemed a fit person to serve as executor who is under the age of 19
years, or who has been convicted of an infamous crime, or who, from intemperance, improvidence
or want of understanding, is incompetent to discharge the duties of the trust. Nor shall any
nonresident of the state be appointed as administrator unless he is at the time executor or
administrator of the same estate in some other state or territory or jurisdiction, duly qualified
under the laws of that jurisdiction. (b) If the person named in the will as sole executor
is or if all the persons named therein as executors are, from any of the causes enumerated
in subsection (a), unfit to serve as executor or executors, letters of administration, with
the will annexed, may be granted on the testator's estate, under the provisions of section
43-2-27. (Code 1852, §§1658, 1659; Code 1867, §§1976, 1977; Code 1876,...
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43-2-83
Section 43-2-83 Discharge of surety; new bond. (a) Upon the application in writing of any surety
or sureties upon the bond of an executor or administrator requesting to be discharged from
any future liability as such surety or sureties, or upon the application in writing of the
personal representative or of an heir or devisee of a deceased surety upon such bond requesting
that the estate of such deceased surety be discharged from future liability by reason of such
suretyship, the court shall give to such executor or administrator notice of such application
and require him, within 15 days after the service of the notice, to make a new bond; and upon
the failure to make such bond, such executor or administrator shall be removed and his letters
revoked; and upon such removal he shall make settlement of his administration. Any number
of persons having the right to make application under this section may join in the application.
(b) When a new bond is given under subsection (a) of this...
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