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6-10-106
Section 6-10-106 Proceedings to set aside exemptions when husband, wife, or parent absent seven
years and residence not ascertainable - Generally. (a) When the real and personal property
owned by an absent husband, wife, or parent who has not been heard from and whose residence
has been unknown for seven years and whose residence cannot be ascertained by diligent inquiry
does not exceed in amount and value the exemptions allowed in favor of his or her surviving
spouse and minor child or children, or either, the probate court of the county in which he
or she resided before leaving his or her spouse or children, upon the application of the deserted
spouse or, if there is no spouse or he or she does not act, upon the application of the guardian
or of a suitable person who shall be appointed by the judge of probate as next friend of such
minor children, verified by oath and setting forth such facts, must appoint two commissioners,
who shall make a full and complete inventory and...
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6-10-95
Section 6-10-95 Reduced homestead incapable of allotment - Sale - When allowed. The homestead
of a decedent may be sold by order of the court having jurisdiction of the estate, on petition
of executor or administrator, when the same, after being reduced to its lowest area, exceeds
$6,000 in value and when it is necessary that the same be sold for the payment of debts because
the remainder of the estate is insufficient to pay all debts and claims against the estate
and the surviving spouse or minor children fail to pay the deficiency within 30 days after
notice of said petition. (Code 1923, §5850; Code 1940, T. 7, §686; Acts 1951, No. 911, p.
1558, §1.)...
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6-10-40
Section 6-10-40 Sale of land and separation of homestead interest from that of alienee. When
the homestead, after being reduced to the lowest practicable area, exceeds $5,000 in value
and the husband or wife has aliened the same by deed, mortgage, or other conveyance without
the voluntary signature and assent of the spouse, shown and acknowledged as required by law,
the alienor or, if he or she fails to act, the spouse or, if there is no spouse or if he or
she fails to act, their minor child or children may, by filing a complaint, have the land
sold and the homestead interest separated from that of the alienee. (Code 1876, §2832; Code
1886, §2538; Code 1896, §2064; Code 1907, §4191; Code 1923, §7913; Code 1940, T. 7, §656;
Acts 1980, No. 80-569, p. 879, §6.)...
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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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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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43-8-113
Section 43-8-113 Source, determination and documentation of exempt property and allowances;
petition for relief by personal representative or interested person. If the estate is otherwise
sufficient, property specifically devised is not used to satisfy rights to homestead and exempt
property. Subject to this restriction, the surviving spouse, the guardians of the minor children,
or children who are adults may select property of the estate as homestead allowance and exempt
property. The personal representative may make these selections if the surviving spouse, the
children or the guardians of the minor children are unable or fail to do so within a reasonable
time or if there are no guardians of the minor children. The personal representative may execute
an instrument or deed of distribution to establish the ownership of property taken as homestead
allowance or exempt property. He or she may determine the family allowance in a lump sum not
exceeding fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) or...
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35-12-84
Section 35-12-84 Filing of a claim - intestate and small claims. (a) The surviving spouse or,
if none, the surviving child or children or, if none, the surviving parent or parents of an
abandoned property owner who has died intestate may claim the abandoned property under this
section, and will have a defeasible right to the property, if all of the following conditions
exist: (1) The aggregate value of the abandoned property held on behalf of the owner, as established
by rule, must not exceed the amount allowed in Section 43-2-692. (2) The claim need not be
accompanied by an order of a probate court if the claimant files documentation established
in the rules, including, but not limited to, a. a written confirmation by the probate court
that no estate has been opened or filed; b. an affidavit, signed by all beneficiaries, as
applicable, stating that all beneficiaries have amicably agreed among themselves upon a division
of the property; c. supporting documentation showing heir rights;...
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6-10-26
Section 6-10-26 Claim of exemption after levy and prior to sale; contesting of such claim.
The right of homestead or other exemption shall not be waived or lost by a failure, before
the levy of process, to file for record a declaration claiming the same; but the defendant,
in person or by his or her agent or attorney, may, at any time after the levy and prior to
a sale, file with the officer making the levy a claim in writing, verified by oath, to such
property, or any part thereof, as exempt and, if of a part, describing the same; and, within
three days thereafter, such officer must give to the plaintiff or his or her agent or attorney
written notice of the filing of the claim. Thereupon, the plaintiff, in person or by his or
her agent or attorney, may contest the claim in the mode provided in Section 6-10-25; except,
that no bond need be executed; and on the institution of such contest, the officer shall,
within three days thereafter, give the defendant written notice of the same. If...
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43-8-115
Section 43-8-115 Discharge of debtor from liability for wages, etc., owed intestate former
employee of another; status of funds paid under this section. (a) Whenever an employee of
another shall die intestate and there shall be due him or her any sum as wages or salary the
debtor may discharge himself or herself from liability therefor by paying such amount to the
surviving spouse of the deceased employee or, if there is no surviving spouse to the person
having the legal custody and control of his or her minor child or children, or either as the
case may be, who may commence an action for and recover the same as part of the property or
allowance exempted to them. (b) Any sums paid in accordance with subsection (a) shall be considered
as part of the exempt property, as defined in Section 43-8-111; and, if the sums exceed seven
thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) the excess shall be considered part of the family allowance,
as defined in Section 43-8-112. (Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No....
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6-10-107
Section 6-10-107 Proceedings to set aside exemptions when husband, wife or parent absent seven
years and residence not ascertainable - Vesting for life of title to property in deserted
spouse or minors. If no exceptions are filed and sustained to such report of the commissioners
setting apart exemptions and it is determined that the property set apart was all the property
owned by the absentee spouse at the time he or she left and that he or she left less property
than was exempt to a surviving spouse and minor children of decedents, the title to the property
so set aside, whether real or personal, shall vest for the life of the deserted spouse or
the minority of the children, whichever may last terminate. (Acts 1923, No. 368, p. 388; Code
1923, §7959; Code 1940, T. 7, §705; Acts 1951, No. 911, p. 1558, §1.)...
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