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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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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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19-5-6
Section 19-5-6 Division of qualified terminable interest property trust into separate share
trusts to effectuate allocation of grantor's, decedent's, or surviving spouse's GST exemption;
payment of estate taxes. When a grantor or decedent transfers property into a trust for which
an election is made or to be made pursuant to Section 2056(b)(7) or 2523(f) of the Internal
Revenue Code to treat such property as qualified terminable interest property (the "QTIP
trust"), and when a grantor or fiduciary makes an election pursuant to Section 2652(a)(3)
of the Internal Revenue Code to have the grantor or decedent creating such QTIP trust deemed
to be the transferor of a portion, but not all, of such QTIP trust for GST purposes, and when
a grantor or fiduciary makes an allocation pursuant to Section 2631 of the Internal Revenue
Code of any portion of such grantor's or decedent's GST exemption to such portion of the QTIP
trust for which a Section 2652(a)(3) election is made or to be made, or to...
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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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43-2-830
Section 43-2-830 Devolution of estate at death; restrictions. (a) Upon the death of a person,
decedent's real property devolves to the persons to whom it is devised by decedent's last
will or to those indicated as substitutes for them in cases involving lapse, renunciation,
or other circumstances affecting the devolution of a testate estate, or in the absence of
testamentary disposition, to decedent's heirs, or to those indicated as substitutes for them
in cases involving renunciation or other circumstances affecting devolution of intestate estates.
(b) Decedent's personal property devolves to the personal representative to be distributed
to: (1) Those persons to whom it is devised by the testator's last will or to those indicated
as substitutes for them in cases involving lapse, renunciation, or other circumstances affecting
the devolution of a testate estate; or (2) In the absence of testamentary disposition, to
decedent's heirs, or to those indicated as substitutes for them in cases...
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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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6-10-87
Section 6-10-87 Report of appraisers or commissioners - Notice to next of kin of decedent of
date set for hearing of report on exemptions. In all cases where exemptions of real or personal
property have been reported by appraisers or commissioners to the surviving spouse and minor
child or children, or either, it shall be the duty of the probate judge, immediately upon
the filing of the report of such appraisers or commissioners, to give 10 days' notice thereof
and of the day set for the hearing of said report to the next of kin of decedent, which date
of hearing shall not be less than 30 days from the filing of said report. If any of said next
of kin are nonresidents of the state, said notice shall be given by publication once a week
for three successive weeks in some newspaper published in the county or, if none is published
in the county, by posting such notice for said length of time at the courthouse door and three
other public places in the county. (Code 1923, §7934; Code 1940,...
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43-8-252
Section 43-8-252 Effect of divorce, annulment, or decree of separation. (a) A person who is
divorced from the decedent or whose marriage to the decedent has been annulled is not a surviving
spouse unless, by virtue of a subsequent marriage, he is married to the decedent at the time
of death. A decree of separation which does not terminate the status of husband and wife is
not a divorce for purposes of this section. (b) For purposes of sections 43-8-40 through 43-8-49,
43-8-55 through 43-8-58, 43-8-70 through 43-8-76, 43-8-90, 43-8-91, and 43-8-110 through 43-8-113,
a surviving spouse does not include: (1) A person who obtains or consents to a final decree
or judgment of divorce from the decedent or an annulment of their marriage, which decree or
judgment is not recognized as valid in this state, unless they subsequently participate in
a marriage ceremony purporting to marry each to the other, or subsequently live together as
man and wife; (2) A person who, following a decree or...
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5-24-15
Section 5-24-15 Rights of creditors and others. (a) If other assets of the estate are insufficient,
a transfer resulting from a right of survivorship or POD designation under this chapter is
not effective against the estate of a deceased party to the extent needed to pay claims against
the estate and statutory allowances to the surviving spouse and children. (b) A surviving
party or beneficiary who receives payment from an account after death of a party is liable
to account to the personal representative of the decedent for a proportionate share of the
amount received to which the decedent, immediately before death, was beneficially entitled
under Section 5-24-11, to the extent necessary to discharge the claims and allowances described
in subsection (a) remaining unpaid after application of the decedent's estate. A proceeding
to assert the liability may not be commenced unless the personal representative has received
a written demand by the surviving spouse, a creditor, a child, or a...
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6-10-83
Section 6-10-83 Proceedings to set apart homestead when same exceeds value allowed. When it
appears from the report of the appraisers that the homestead exceeds in value $6,000, the
probate court shall forthwith appoint three commissioners, who shall, as soon as practicable
not exceeding 30 days after their appointment, set off and allot the homestead exempt, having
regard to both the quality and value of the property and to the selection of the surviving
spouse or, if there is no surviving spouse or the surviving spouse fails to act, of the guardian
of the minor child or children, if there is such guardian; and, within 10 days thereafter,
the commissioners shall return to the court in writing the homestead set off and allotted
by them. (Code 1886, §2551; Code 1896, §2081; Code 1907, §4208; Code 1923, §7930; Code
1940, T. 7, §673; Acts 1951, No. 911, p. 1558, §1; Acts 1982, No. 82-399, p. 578, §8-102.)...
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