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- Ala. Code § 43-2-830 · Devolution of Estate at Death; Restrictions.
- Ala. Code § 43-2-831 · Time of Accrual of Duties and Powers.
- Ala. Code § 43-2-832 · Priority Among Different Letters.
- Ala. Code § 43-2-833 · General Duties; Relation and Liability to Persons Interested in Estate; Standing to Sue.
- Ala. Code § 43-2-834 · Personal Representative to Proceed Without Court Order; Exception.
- Ala. Code § 43-2-835 · Duty of Personal Representative; Inventory and Appraisement.
- Ala. Code § 43-2-836 · Duty of Personal Representative; Supplementary Inventory.
- Ala. Code § 43-2-837 · Duty of Personal Representative; Possession of Estate.
- Ala. Code § 43-2-838 · Power to Avoid Transfers.
- Ala. Code § 43-2-839 · Powers of Personal Representatives; in General.
- Ala. Code § 43-2-840 · Improper Exercise of Power; Breach of Fiduciary Duty.
- Ala. Code § 43-2-841 · Sale, Encumbrance, or Transaction Involving Conflict of Interest; Voidable; Exceptions.
- Ala. Code § 43-2-842 · Persons Dealing with Personal Representative; Protection.
- Ala. Code § 43-2-843 · Transactions Authorized for Personal Representatives; Exceptions.
- Ala. Code § 43-2-844 · Transactions Authorized for Personal Representatives; Prior Court Approval.
- Ala. Code § 43-2-845 · Powers and Duties of Successor Personal Representative.
- Ala. Code § 43-2-846 · Co-Representatives; When Joint Action Required.
- Ala. Code § 43-2-847 · Powers of Surviving Personal Representative.
- Ala. Code § 43-2-848 · Compensation of Personal Representative.
- Ala. Code § 43-2-849 · Expenses in Estate Litigation.
- Ala. Code § 43-2-850 · Proceedings for Review of Employment of Agents and Compensation of Personal Representatives and Employees of Estate.
- Ala. Code § 43-2-851 · Bond.
- Ala. Code § 43-2-852 · Terms and Requirements of Bonds.
- Ala. Code § 43-2-853 · Application to Existing Estates.
- Ala. Code § 43-2-854 · Avoiding Conflicts of Law.
- Ala. Code § 43-6-2 · Notice by Representative.
- Ala. Code § 43-6-3 · Contents of Notice.
- Ala. Code § 43-6-4 · Disposition of Personalty When No Heir Appears.
- Ala. Code § 43-6-5 · Disposition of Real Estate When No Heir Appears.
- Ala. Code § 43-6-6 · Decree Against Personal Representative for Failure to Pay Over Proceeds.
- Ala. Code § 43-6-7 · Payment of Receipts to State Treasurer.
- Ala. Code § 43-6-8 · Action by State to Recover Personal Property Distributed Without Authority.
- Ala. Code § 43-6-9 · Duty of Probate Judge to Attend to Interest of State.
- Ala. Code § 43-7-1 · Short Title.
- Ala. Code § 43-7-2 · No Sufficient Evidence of Survivorship; Disposition of Property of Decedents.
- Ala. Code § 43-7-3 · Beneficiaries of Another Person’s Disposition of Property.
- Ala. Code § 43-7-4 · Joint Tenants or Tenants by the Entirety.
- Ala. Code § 43-7-5 · Insurance Policies.
- Ala. Code § 43-7-6 · Chapter Not Retroactive.
- Ala. Code § 43-7-7 · Chapter Not Applicable If Decedent Provides Otherwise.
- Ala. Code § 43-7-8 · Uniformity of Interpretation.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-1 · General Definitions.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-2 · Construction of Chapter; Purposes and Policies.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-3 · Supplementary Effect of Principles of Law and Equity.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-4 · Construction Against Implied Repeal.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-5 · Relief Against Fraud; Limitations.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-6 · Rules of Evidence; Evidence as to Death or Status; Presumption of Death.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-7 · Effect of Acts by Holder of General Power of Appointment, Etc., on Beneficiaries.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-8 · Effective Date; Transition Provisions.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-9 · Savings Provision for Counties of Jefferson and Mobile.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-20 · Applicability of Chapter.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-21 · Venue; Multiple Proceedings; Transfer.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-22 · Filed Documents Deemed to Include Oath or Affirmation.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-23 · Availability of Summary Distribution Proceedings for Small Estates.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-40 · Disposition of Intestate Estate.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-41 · Share of the Spouse.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-42 · Share of Heirs Other Than Surviving Spouse.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-43 · Requirement That Heir Survive Decedent for Five Days.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-44 · When Estate Passes to State.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-45 · Division of Estate Where Representation Is Involved.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-46 · Inheritance by Relatives of Half Blood.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-47 · Inheritance by Afterborn Heirs.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-48 · Parent and Child Relationship.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-49 · Advancements.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-50 · Controversy as to Advancements - How Issue Made Up and Tried.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-51 · Controversy as to Advancements - Discovery of Advancements.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-52 · Controversy as to Advancements - Proceedings and Answer Upon Death of Distributee.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-53 · Controversy as to Advancements - Contest of Answer.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-54 · Controversy as to Advancements - Consequence of Failure to Answer.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-55 · Against Whom Debts Owed to Decedent Charged.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-56 · Alien Status Not a Disqualification to Inheriting.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-57 · Dower and Curtesy Abolished.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-58 · Share of Persons Related to Decedent through Two Lines.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-70 · Right of Surviving Spouse to Elective Share.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-71 · Right of Election Personal to Surviving Spouse.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-72 · Waiver of Right to Elect and of Other Rights.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-73 · Procedure for Making Election; Petition; Time Limit; Notice and Hearing; Withdrawal of Demand; Order of Court; Enforcement of Order.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-74 · Entitlement of Surviving Spouse to Certain Benefits Regardless of Election.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-75 · How Elective Share Satisfied; What Property Applied First; Apportionment of Others’ Liability for Balance of Elective Share.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-76 · Order of Abatement.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-90 · Omitted Spouse.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-91 · Pretermitted Children.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-110 · Homestead Allowance.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-111 · Exempt Property.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-112 · Family Allowance.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-113 · Source, Determination and Documentation of Exempt Property and Allowances; Petition for Relief by Personal Representative or Interested Person.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-114 · Spouse May Retain Dwelling, Etc., until Assignment of Homestead.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-115 · Discharge of Debtor from Liability for Wages, Etc., Owed Intestate Former Employee of Another; Status of Funds Paid Under This Section.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-116 · Adjustments to Exemption Values.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-130 · Who May Make a Will.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-131 · Execution and Signature of Will; Witnesses.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-132 · Self-Proved Will - Form and Execution; How Attested Will Made Self-Proved; Effect.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-133 · Self-Proved Will - Making Attested Will Self-Proved.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-134 · Who May Witness Will.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-135 · Choice of Law as to Validity of Execution.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-136 · Revocation by Writing or by Act; When Witnesses Required.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-137 · Revocation by Divorce or Annulment; Revival by Remarriage; No Revocation by Other Changes or Circumstances.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-138 · When Will Revived on Revocation of Subsequent Will.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-139 · Incorporation by Reference.
- Ala. Code § 43-8-140 · Testamentary Additions to Trusts.