43-2-272
Section 43-2-272 Duty of probate court to grant letters of administration upon vacancy. (a)
If the sole executor or all the executors die, resign or are removed, the probate court having
jurisdiction of the estate must grant letters of administration, with will annexed, to the
person entitled thereto under section 43-2-27. (b) If an administrator dies, resigns or is
removed, the probate court having jurisdiction of the estate must grant letters of administration
of the goods and chattels, rights and credits, unadministered, to the person entitled thereto,
as in cases of intestacy. (Code 1852, §1720; Code 1867, §2043; Code 1876, §2412; Code 1886,
§2064; Code 1896, §111; Code 1907, §2533; Code 1923, §5755; Code 1940, T. 61, §175.)...

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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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12-13-41
Section 12-13-41 Duties of probate judges generally. It shall be the duty of the probate judge:
(1) To issue all citations, letters testamentary, of administration and guardianship, subpoenas,
executions and all other process which is necessary for the exercise of his powers, the jurisdiction
of the court and the enforcement of its judgments, orders and decrees. (2) To keep minutes
of all his official acts and proceedings and, within three months thereafter, to record the
same in well-bound books. (3) To keep all the books, papers and records belonging to his office
with care and security, the papers arranged, filed and labeled so as to be of easy reference
and the books and records lettered and kept with general, direct and reverse indexes, but,
without the authority of the county commission, he shall not make new indexes. (4) To keep
constantly in his office a well-arranged docket, showing the date of the issue and return
of all process, the day set for the hearing, the kind of...
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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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43-8-1
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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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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43-2-560
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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43-2-502
Section 43-2-502 Filing of account, etc. - Generally. In making settlements of an administration,
the executor or administrator must proceed as follows: He must make out an account between
himself and the estate he represents, charging himself with all the assets of the deceased
which have come into his possession, except the lands, and crediting himself with all the
credits he is by law entitled to; which account, verified by his oath, must be filed with
the judge of probate of the court having jurisdiction. With such account he must also file
written evidence in his possession, on which he relies to sustain the credit side of such
account, which may consist of an affidavit or any other legal evidence, in the discretion
of the executor or administrator. He must, at the same time, file a statement, on oath, of
the names of the heirs and legatees of such estate, specifying particularly which are under
the age of 19 years; and, if any of them are persons of unsound mind, it must be...
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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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43-2-552
Section 43-2-552 Decree for balance - Generally. If there remains any act of administration
to be done, other than making settlement and distribution or payment of legacies, and there
is a remaining or succeeding executor or administrator, a decree must be rendered in his favor
for the amount found due on such settlement, and for the delivery of any personal property
in the hands of the executor or administrator whose authority has ceased or, if dead, of his
personal representative; but if more than six months have elapsed from the original grant
of letters and there remains no other act of administration to be done than making distribution
or payment of legacies, and the estate is solvent, the court must at once proceed to decree
distribution or payment of legacies directly to those entitled; or, if in the case last mentioned,
there are money assets in the hands of the outgoing executor or administrator, or, if dead,
of his personal representative, in excess of a sum sufficient for...
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