The probate court may authorize the executor or administrator, on application made and good cause shown, to keep the real and personal estate, or any portion thereof, together for such length of time as the court may deem advisable, not exceeding 10 years, and employ laborers to cultivate, improve, keep in repair and carry on the plantation belonging to the estate.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 43 - Wills and Decedents' Estates.
Chapter 2 - Administration of Estates.
Article 14 - Keeping Estates Together.
Section 43-2-330 - Authorization by Probate Court to Keep Estate Together; Term.
Section 43-2-331 - Extension of Time Upon Showing of Good Cause.
Section 43-2-332 - When Distributed Share Kept and Worked With Undivided Portion of Estate.
Section 43-2-333 - Payment of Profits to Share Owners.
Section 43-2-334 - Order Authorizing Hiring of Laborers - Generally.
Section 43-2-335 - Order Authorizing Hiring of Laborers - Petition; Notice and Hearing.
Section 43-2-336 - Cultivation Under Direction of Executor or Administrator.
Section 43-2-337 - Preceding Sections Not to Be Construed So as to Conflict With Will.
Section 43-2-338 - Annual Settlements.
Section 43-2-339 - Certain Rights Not Affected by Provisions of Article.