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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43-2-199
Section 43-2-199 Service of process - Citations or notices, etc.; return of process. Citations
to make settlements and other citations or notices to such nonresident executors and administrators,
and all writs or legal process, including executions on decrees and judgments, may be served
by depositing a copy in a sealed envelope, postage prepaid, in a post office at or near the
court or office issuing such process, such envelope to be plainly addressed and directed to
such nonresident executor or administrator at the place and by the name furnished by him upon
the filing of his application for letters, or thereafter as provided in section 43-2-190 and,
when the sureties, or either of them, reside in the state, and their place of residence is
known, by the service of a copy of such writ or process upon one of such sureties. When service
is had by depositing a copy of the writ or process in the post office only and not accompanied
by service upon a surety, such service shall not take...
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43-2-84
Section 43-2-84 Bond of applicant when administration committed to general administrator or
sheriff. (a) When administration is committed to the general administrator or sheriff, on
the application of a third person, such letters must not be granted unless such person enters
into bond, with surety, to be approved by the judge, to pay the fees and allowances made by
the court on such administration, if the property of the estate is insufficient therefor.
(b) If, upon the settlement of an administrator appointed under subsection (a), it appears
that sufficient assets of his intestate have not come to his hands to pay the costs and expenses
legally incurred in his administration, the probate court having jurisdiction of such administration
may enter a judgment and thereon issue execution against the obligors in the bond mentioned
in subsection (a), for any excess due above the assets in the hands of such administrator.
(Code 1852, §1691; Code 1867, §§2011, 2012; Code 1876, §§2373,...
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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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43-2-41
Section 43-2-41 Form. Letters of administration may be substantially in the following form:
The State of Alabama, } ___ County.} Court of Probate. Letters of administration on the estate
of _____ (or letters of administration on the annexed will of _____, as the case may be) are
hereby granted to _____, who has duly qualified and given bond as such administrator, and
is authorized to administer such estate (or to execute such will, as the case may be). Witness
my hand and dated this _____day of _____, 19__. ___ Judge of Probate (Code 1852, §1688; Code
1867, §2008; Code 1876, §2370; Code 1886, §2015; Code 1896, §57; Code 1907, §2521; Code
1923, §5743; Code 1940, T. 61, §82.)...
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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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43-2-771
Section 43-2-771 Decree. At such settlement, the court must decree to each creditor whose claim
has been allowed, as provided in this article, his proportion of all moneys then found due
from such executor or administrator, reserving in his hands a ratable proportion of such moneys
for such claims as may be then contested and undecided; and a similar settlement and distribution
must be made at least every six months thereafter, at such times as the court may appoint,
until the estate is finally settled and distributed. (Code 1852, §1857; Code 1867, §2206;
Code 1876, §2578; Code 1886, §2248; Code 1896, §316; Code 1907, §2789; Code 1923, §6028;
Code 1940, T. 61, §415.)...
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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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43-2-660
Section 43-2-660 When presumption arises. When the administration of the estate of a deceased
person shall be pending in any court, and the records of such court shall show that letters
testamentary or letters of administration on such estate were issued and that 20 years or
more have elapsed since six months after such letters were issued, without further action
in said cause, or if any further action was taken in said cause, and 20 or more years have
elapsed since any such action, and if all bequests and legacies provided for in a will being
administered in such cause have been payable or demandable for more than 20 years, and if
the executor or administrator in such cause shall not for 20 or more years have made any payment
or partial payment or promise of payment of any claim against such estate or of any bequest,
devise or distributive share due from such estate, then it shall be conclusively presumed
that final settlement of said estate has been made by the executor or...
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43-2-292
Section 43-2-292 Additional bond may be required; removal for default. An executor or administrator
may also be required to give additional bond and, in default thereof, may be removed and his
letters revoked, in the following cases: (1) When it is shown to the court by his sureties,
or either of them, that he has become, or is likely to become, insolvent, and that they have
sustained, or probably will sustain, loss thereby. (2) When his letters have been granted
on insufficient security, or the security has become insufficient since the grant, or any
of his sureties have died or have removed from the state. (3) When the penalty of the bond
is not sufficient to secure the due performance of the trusts committed to him. (Code 1852,
§1697; Code 1867, §2018; Code 1876, §2387; Code 1886, §2046; Code 1896, §93; Code 1907,
§2567; Code 1923, §5790; Code 1940, T. 61, §180.)...
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