Code of Alabama
Chapter 2 - Administration of Estates.
Article 2 - Grant of Letters Testamentary of Administration.

Division 1 - Grant of Letters Testamentary.

Section 43-2-20 - Generally. - Whenever a will has been admitted to probate in this...

Section 43-2-21 - Form. - Letters testamentary may be substantially in the following form: The...

Section 43-2-22 - Disqualification of Certain Persons to Serve as Executor or Administrator. - (a) No person must be deemed a fit person to...

Section 43-2-23 - Issuance of Letters to Married Woman. - It shall not be necessary, in order for letters testamentary...

Section 43-2-24 - Supplemental Letters for Minors and Married Women Upon Removal of Disability. - If the disability of a person under age or of...

Section 43-2-25 - Procedure for Renouncing Appointment. - Any person named as executor in a will may renounce...

Section 43-2-26 - Issuance of Letters to Others Named in Will Upon Renunciation or Failure to Apply by One Named. - If any person named as executor in the will renounces...

Section 43-2-27 - Letters of Administration Granted in Stated Order on Failure of Executor to Apply, Etc. - If no person is named in the will as executor,...

Section 43-2-28 - Death of Sole or Surviving Executor. - No executor of an executor can, as such, administer on...

Section 43-2-29 - Grant of Letters Testamentary After Revocation of Letters of Administration. - (a) If, after letters of administration have been granted as...

Division 2 - Grant of Letters of Administration.

Section 43-2-40 - Generally. - Courts of probate, within their respective counties, have authority to...

Section 43-2-41 - Form. - Letters of administration may be substantially in the following form:...

Section 43-2-42 - Order of Grant of Administration. - (a) Administration of an intestate's estate must be granted to...

Section 43-2-43 - Renunciation or Relinquishment of Right to Administration. - (a) Any person entitled to administration may relinquish his right...

Section 43-2-44 - Grant of Administration When More Than One Person Entitled Thereto; Preference of Whole Blood Over Half Blood. - If several persons of the same degree of kindred to...

Section 43-2-45 - Letters Not Granted Until Five Days After Intestate's Death; Examination of Applicants and Witnesses. - No letters of administration must be granted until the expiration...

Section 43-2-46 - Postponing Issuance of Letters During Time for Appeal. - When there are contesting applicants for letters testamentary or of...

Section 43-2-47 - Special Administrator Ad Colligendum. - (a) The judge of probate may, in any contest respecting...

Section 43-2-48 - Conclusiveness of Letters. - Letters testamentary or of administration and letters to a special...