6-10-81
Section 6-10-81 Appraisers - Duty to set apart exempt personal property; return of report.
The appraisers, as early as practicable, shall set apart the exempt personal property, having
regard, as far as consistent with their duties, to the selection made by the surviving spouse
or the guardian of the minor child or children, if such selection is made; estimating it at
its appraised value and permitting the surviving spouse or, if there is no surviving spouse
or the surviving spouse fails to act, the guardian of the minor child or children to select
the same. Within 10 days thereafter, the appraisers shall return with the inventory and appraisement
a report of the property so set apart, showing each item thereof and its appraised value.
(Code 1886, §2549; Code 1896, §2079; Code 1907, §4206; Code 1923, §7928; Code 1940, T.
7, §671; Acts 1982, No. 82-399, p. 578, §8-102.)...
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43-8-110
Section 43-8-110 Homestead allowance. (a) A surviving spouse of a decedent who was domiciled
in this state is entitled to a homestead allowance of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000).
If there is no surviving spouse, each minor child and each dependent child of the decedent
is entitled to a homestead allowance amounting to fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) divided
by the number of minor and dependent children of the decedent. The homestead allowance is
exempt from and has priority over all claims against the estate. Homestead allowance is in
addition to any share passing to the surviving spouse or minor or dependent child by the will
of the decedent unless otherwise provided in the will, by intestate succession or by way of
elective share. (b) The value of any constitutional right of homestead in the family home
received by a surviving spouse or child shall be charged against that spouse or child's homestead
allowance to the extent that the family home is part of the decedent's estate...
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6-10-86
Section 6-10-86 Report of appraisers or commissioners - Exceptions; notice of time set for
hearing thereon. When any homestead or other exemption has been allotted or set apart by the
appraisers or by commissioners, the personal representative, surviving spouse, minor child
or children, or other person in interest feeling aggrieved may, within 30 days after the making
of the report, file written exceptions thereto, stating the grounds of such exceptions. Thereupon
the court must fix a day for the hearing of the exceptions, of which 10 days' notice must
be given by personal service, if the adverse parties reside in the state or, if they reside
out of the state, by publication in some newspaper published in the county. If the exceptions
are filed by the surviving spouse and minor child or children, or either, such notice must
be served on the personal representative, but if filed by the personal representative or other
person, the notice must be served on the surviving spouse, if there...
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6-10-99
Section 6-10-99 Payment by devisees to clear property of homestead right. Where a homestead
right exists in property devised by will, the person or persons to whom said property is devised
may clear the said property of such homestead right by paying to the personal representative,
in lieu of such right, the sum of $6,000. Said sum shall be held and used by such personal
representative in all respects as provided in Section 6-10-96 where land incapable of allotment
is ordered to be sold. Said personal representative shall report the payment of said funds
and how he has disposed of same to the probate court having jurisdiction of said estate, which
report must be filed and recorded. (Code 1923, §7944; Code 1940, T. 7, §689; Acts 1951,
No. 911, p. 1558, §1.)...
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6-10-20
Section 6-10-20 Declaration of claimed exemptions - Making and filing. Any resident of this
state entitled to, and desiring to, claim a homestead or other exemption from levy and sale
under execution or other process may, at any time, make and file in the office of the probate
judge of the county in which the property is situated, if a homestead, or, if personal property,
of the county in which such resident resides, a declaration in writing, subscribed and sworn
to by him or her, describing the property selected and claimed by him or her as exempt, item
by item, in case of personal property, with its value. Other declarations may, from time to
time, as occasion may require, be made and filed. (Code 1876, §2828; Code 1886, §2515; Code
1896, §2041; Code 1907, §4168; Code 1923, §7890; Code 1940, T. 7, §633.)...
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6-10-92
Section 6-10-92 Exceptions to report of appraisers that homestead does not exceed allowance.
When the report of the appraisers shows that the homestead does not exceed in value $6,000,
exceptions may be filed thereto by the personal representative or other person in adverse
interest; and, if such exceptions are filed, proceedings may be had thereof as in case of
a report allotting or setting apart the homestead. (Code 1886, §2560; Code 1896, §2090;
Code 1907, §4217; Code 1923, §7940; Code 1940, T. 7, §683; Acts 1951, No. 911, p. 1558,
§1; Acts 1982, No. 82-399, p. 578, §8-102.)...
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35-5A-20
Section 35-5A-20 Accounting by and determining of liability of custodian. (a) A minor who has
attained the age of 14 years, the minor's guardian of the person or legal representative,
an adult member of the minor's family, a transferor, or a transferor's legal representative
may petition the court (1) for an accounting by the custodian or the custodian's legal representative;
or (2) for a determination of responsibility, as between the custodial property and the custodian
personally, for claims against the custodial property unless the responsibility has been adjudicated
in an action under section 35-5A-18 to which the minor or the minor's legal representative
was a party. (b) A successor custodian may petition the court for an accounting by the predecessor
custodian. (c) The court, in a proceeding under this chapter or in any other proceeding, may
require or permit the custodian or the custodian's legal representative to account. (d) If
a custodian is removed under section...
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40-9-2
Section 40-9-2 Claim of exemption of homestead and household and kitchen furniture in certain
counties. Any person who is entitled to a homestead exemption under the provisions of Section
84 of Title 51 of the 1940 Code of Alabama, as amended, and who is also entitled to an exemption
of household and kitchen furniture under the provisions of subdivision (11) of Section 40-9-1,
shall not be required to claim annually the said personal property exemption. Any such person
is authorized to make a claim of said personal property prior to January 1 of any tax year;
and if said claim is granted by the tax assessor, it shall be unnecessary to repeat the claim
for subsequent tax years so long as such person is entitled to an exemption of such household
and kitchen furniture; provided, that such claimed exemption shall not inure to the benefit
of the grantee or successor of such person. It is the intent that the grantee or successor
is required to make his own claim for such personal property...
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43-2-833
Section 43-2-833 General duties; relation and liability to persons interested in estate; standing
to sue. (a) A personal representative is a fiduciary. Except as otherwise provided by the
terms of the will, the personal representative shall observe the standards in dealing with
the estate that would be observed by a prudent person dealing with the property of another.
If the personal representative has special skills or is named personal representative on the
basis of representations of special skills or expertise, the personal representative is under
a duty to use those skills. A personal representative is under a duty to settle and distribute
the estate of the decedent in accordance with the terms of any probated and effective will
and Title 43, and as expeditiously and efficiently as is consistent with the best interests
of the estate. The personal representative shall use the authority conferred upon personal
representatives by law, the terms of the will, if any, and any order in...
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6-10-80
Section 6-10-80 Appraisers - Issuance of commission. When a decedent, who was at the time of
his or her death a resident of this state, leaves surviving him a spouse and minor child or
children, or either, who are bona fide residents of this state, the probate court, at the
time of appointing appraisers of the estate, shall issue a commission to them, stating the
names of the surviving spouse and minor child or children, or either, as the case may be,
and the nature and extent of the personal property exempt in their favor, and directing the
appraisers to set apart the same. (Code 1876, §2825; Code 1886, §2548; Code 1896, §2078;
Code 1907, §4205; Code 1923, §7927; Code 1940, T. 7, §670.)...
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