When a share or shares of real or personal property of any decedent is or are set apart or distributed to any widow, heir at law or distributee of such decedent, and it appears to the satisfaction of the court that it is to the interest of the parties interested in the estate that such share or shares should be kept and worked together with such estate remaining undivided, the probate court, upon the application of the executor or administrator, and of the owner or owners of such share or shares, may order the executor or administrator to keep such share or shares, and work the same, together with the estate remaining undivided, for a term not exceeding 10 years; but such order must not be granted, if in conflict with the will of the testator.
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.