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43-8-71
Section 43-8-71 Right of election personal to surviving spouse. The right of election of the
surviving spouse may be exercised only by the surviving spouse during his lifetime. If a guardian,
custodian, curator, or conservator has been appointed for the surviving spouse, the right
of election may be exercised only by order of the court upon petition of the fiduciary or
upon the court's own initiative, after finding that exercise is necessary to provide adequate
support for the surviving spouse during his probable life expectancy. (Acts 1982, No. 82-399,
ยง2-203.)...
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45-37-123.103
Section 45-37-123.103 Death benefits. (a) Preretirement death benefits. A vested member's beneficiary
is entitled to a preretirement joint survivorship pension, as described below. (1) MARRIED
MEMBER. If a married, active member dies, then the beneficiary may elect, on a form provided
by the pension board, to be paid in one of the following forms: a. One Hundred Percent Preretirement
Joint Survivorship Pension. If such member was eligible for a deferred retirement benefit
at the time of the member's death, then the beneficiary may elect to be paid in the form of
a 100 percent preretirement joint survivorship pension, which is a monthly annuity paid during
the beneficiary's lifetime which is equal to the actuarial equivalent of the benefits that
would have been paid to the member if, instead of dying, the member had terminated employment;
or b. Refund. The beneficiary may elect a refund of the member's employee contributions in
accordance with Section 45-37-123.104(4)b. (2) UNMARRIED...
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19-3A-409
Section 19-3A-409 Deferred compensation, annuities, and similar payments. (a) In this section:
(1) "Payment" means a payment that a fiduciary may receive over a fixed number of
years or during the life of one or more individuals because of services rendered or property
transferred to the payer in exchange for future payments. The term includes a payment made
in money or property from the payer's general assets or from a separate fund created by the
payer. For purposes of subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g), the term also includes any payment
from any separate fund, regardless of the reason for the payment. (2) "Separate fund"
includes a private or commercial annuity, an individual retirement account, and a pension,
profit-sharing, stock-bonus, or stock-ownership plan. (b) To the extent that a payment or
portion thereof is characterized by other sections of this chapter as income in the hands
of the payer, a fiduciary shall allocate such payment or portion thereof to income. The...
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26-2A-136
Section 26-2A-136 Permissible court orders. (a) The court shall exercise the authority conferred
in this division to encourage the development of maximum self-reliance and independence of
a protected person and make protective orders only to the extent necessitated by the protected
person's mental and adaptive limitations and other conditions warranting the procedure. (b)
The court has the following powers that may be exercised directly or through a conservator
in respect to the estate and business affairs of a protected person: (1) While a petition
for appointment of a conservator or other protective order is pending and after preliminary
hearing and without notice, the court may preserve and apply the property of the person to
be protected as may be required for the support of the person or dependents of the person.
(2) After hearing and upon determining that a basis for an appointment or other protective
order exists with respect to a minor without other disability, the court has...
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30-4-17
Section 30-4-17 Revocation of certain transferable interests in property upon divorce or annulment.
(a) In this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) DISPOSITION OR APPOINTMENT
OF PROPERTY. Includes a transfer of an item of property or any other benefit to a beneficiary
designated in a governing instrument. (2) DIVORCE or ANNULMENT. Any divorce or annulment,
or any dissolution or declaration of invalidity of a marriage, that would exclude the spouse
as a surviving spouse within the meaning of Section 43-8-252. A decree of separation that
does not terminate the status of husband and wife is not a divorce for purposes of this section.
(3) DIVORCED INDIVIDUAL. An individual whose marriage has been terminated by divorce or annulment.
(4) GOVERNING INSTRUMENT. An instrument executed by the divorced individual before the divorce
or annulment of his or her marriage to his or her former spouse. (5) RELATIVE OF THE DIVORCED
INDIVIDUAL'S FORMER SPOUSE. An individual who...
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19-3B-505
Section 19-3B-505 Creditor's claim against settlor. (a) Whether or not the terms of a trust
contain a spendthrift provision, the following rules apply: (1) During the lifetime of the
settlor, the property of a revocable trust is subject to claims of the settlor's creditors.
(2) With respect to an irrevocable trust, a creditor or assignee of the settlor may reach
the maximum amount that can be distributed to or for the settlor's benefit. If a trust has
more than one settlor, then the amount the creditor or assignee of a particular settlor may
reach may not exceed the settlor's interest in the portion of the trust attributable to that
settlor's contribution. (3) After the death of a settlor, and subject to the settlor's right
to direct the source from which liabilities will be paid, the property of a trust that was
revocable immediately prior to the settlor's death is subject to claims of the settlor's creditors,
costs of administration of the settlor's estate, the expenses of the...
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11-44B-46
Section 11-44B-46 Establishment of personnel board; composition; terms; meetings; compensation;
records. (a) Upon election by ordinance of a city to participate in the personnel system provided
for in this article, there shall be established a personnel board composed of five members
designated, respectively, as place number 1, place number 2, place number 3, place number
4, and place number 5. Each member shall be of recognized good character and ability and a
resident and qualified elector of the city. No person shall be eligible for membership on
the board who holds any civil office of profit under the city, county, or state. No board
member shall be a member of any local committee of a political party, or an official of a
local partisan political club, or a candidate for nomination or election to any public office,
nor shall he or she take any part in the management or affairs of any local political party
or in any city political campaign, except to exercise his or her right as a...
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34-13-11
Section 34-13-11 Authorizing agent; right of disposition. (a) A person, who is at least 18
years of age and of sound mind, may enter into a contract to act as authorizing agent and
direct the location, manner, and conditions of disposition of remains and arrange for funeral
goods and services to be provided upon death. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b),
the right to control the disposition of the remains of a deceased person as an authorizing
agent, including the location, manner, and conditions of disposition and arrangements for
funeral goods and services to be provided, shall vest in the following persons in the priority
listed and the order named, provided the person is at least 18 years of age and of sound mind:
(1) The person designated by the decedent as authorized to direct disposition pursuant to
Public Law No. 109-163, Section 564, as listed on the decedent's United States Department
of Defense Record of Emergency Data, DD Form 93, or its successor form, if the...
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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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43-8-253
Section 43-8-253 Effect of homicide on intestate succession, wills, joint assets, life insurance
and beneficiary designations; effect of bona fide purchase by third party or good faith payment
by obligor, etc. (a) A surviving spouse, heir or devisee who feloniously and intentionally
kills the decedent is not entitled to any benefits under the will or under articles 3 through
10 of this chapter, and the estate of decedent passes as if the killer had predeceased the
decedent. Property appointed by the will of the decedent to or for the benefit of the killer
passes as if the killer had predeceased the decedent. (b) Any joint tenant who feloniously
and intentionally kills another joint tenant thereby effects a severance of the interest of
the decedent so that the share of the decedent passes as his property and the killer has no
rights by survivorship. This provision applies to joint tenancies with the right of survivorship
and tenancies in common during the respective lives of the...
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