43-2-330
Section 43-2-330 Authorization by probate court to keep estate together; term. The probate
court may authorize the executor or administrator, on application made and good cause shown,
to keep the real and personal estate, or any portion thereof, together for such length of
time as the court may deem advisable, not exceeding 10 years, and employ laborers to cultivate,
improve, keep in repair and carry on the plantation belonging to the estate. (Code 1852, §1902;
Code 1867, §2263; Code 1876, §2602; Code 1886, §2210; Code 1896, §278; Code 1907, §2743;
Code 1923, §5982; Code 1940, T. 61, §198.)...
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43-2-790
Section 43-2-790 Application for order for sale - Generally. On the application of an executor
or administrator of an estate which has been declared insolvent for an order for the sale
of lands belonging to the estate for the payment of debts, he shall be allowed to obtain such
order without taking any evidence to show the necessity of such sale. (Code 1886, §2258;
Code 1896, §326; Code 1907, §2790; Code 1923, §6029; Code 1940, T. 61, §416.)...
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43-2-331
Section 43-2-331 Extension of time upon showing of good cause. Whenever any executor or administrator
has kept an estate together, under the order of the probate court, for 10 years, the time
may be extended annually, upon application and good cause shown, if the court is of the opinion
that the interest of such estate demands such extension. (Code 1867, §4431; Code 1876, §2603;
Code 1886, §2211; Code 1896, §279; Code 1907, §2744; Code 1923, §5983; Code 1940, T. 61,
§199.)...
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43-2-390
Section 43-2-390 Authorization to compromise or sell claims. The probate court having jurisdiction
of the estate may authorize any executor or administrator to compromise or sell any bad or
doubtful claim due the estate, on the written application of the executor or administrator,
verified by his affidavit, and stating the facts, supported by evidence satisfactory to the
court, that such claim is bad or doubtful, and that a compromise or sale thereof will promote
the interests of the estate. (Code 1876, §2505; Code 1886, §2088; Code 1896, §138; Code
1907, §2602; Code 1923, §5827; Code 1940, T. 61, §223.)...
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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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43-8-51
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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19-5-1
Section 19-5-1 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter unless the context otherwise requires,
the following terms mean: (1) FIDUCIARY. Includes a personal representative or trustee. (2)
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE. An executor, administrator, special administrator, or a person who
performs substantially the same function under the law governing the person's status, and
a successor to any of the above. (3) TRUST. Any express trust, with additions thereto, wherever
and however created, or any separate share of a trust, and includes any arrangement, other
than an estate, which, although not a trust, has substantially the same effect as a trust.
(4) TRUSTEE. An original, additional, or successor trustee, whether or not appointed or confirmed
by a court, and, in the case of an arrangement which is not a trust but which is treated as
a trust for purposes of the GST, includes the person in actual or constructive possession
of the property subject to such arrangement. (5) INTERNAL REVENUE CODE....
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43-2-318
Section 43-2-318 Exhibit showing condition of estate. Six months after his appointment, and
at any time thereafter when required by the court, either upon its own motion or upon the
application of any person interested in the estate, the executor or administrator must render,
for the information of the court, an exhibit under oath, showing the amount of all claims
presented against the estate, and the names of the claimants, and all other matters necessary
to show the condition of its affairs. (Code 1923, §5810; Code 1940, T. 61, §197.)...
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43-2-421
Section 43-2-421 Stock in trade. (a) When any person engaged in mercantile business dies, leaving
a stock of goods, wares and merchandise, and leaving no surviving partner in such business,
the executor or administrator of his estate may sell such stock or goods, wares or merchandise,
either at public or private sale, by wholesale or retail, upon first obtaining an order for
such sale, as provided in subsection (b) of this section, from the probate court having jurisdiction
of the estate. (b) To obtain such order, the executor or administrator must file in such court
an application in writing, verified by his oath, setting forth with reasonable certainty the
kind, quantity and estimated value of such goods, wares or merchandise, and any facts or circumstances
that may render it necessary or expedient to sell the same; and if it should appear to the
court that it would benefit those interested in the estate that such order should be made,
the court must make the same, and may, in its...
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43-2-450
Section 43-2-450 Order of sale for payment of debts. On the hearing of such application, and
when the application is by an executor or administrator with the will annexed, that no power
is given by the will for that purpose, the court may direct the sale of all, or such portion
of the real estate as may be necessary to pay the debts; and such sale may be had on such
credit as the court may direct, not exceeding two years. (Code 1852, §1760; Code 1867, §2086;
Code 1876, §2456; Code 1886, §2112; Code 1896, §165; Code 1907, §2629; Code 1923, §5858;
Code 1940, T. 61, §253; Acts 1984, No. 84-258, p. 426, §1.)...
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