Before granting such order, the court must require the administrator to file a petition under oath, setting forth the facts upon which the application is based; and, upon the filing of such petition, the court must appoint a day for the hearing of the same, and must give 10 days' notice thereof by advertisement in some newspaper published in the county, or if there be no newspaper published in the county, then by posting the notice at the courthouse door. On the day appointed, the court must proceed to hear and determine the same upon the evidence adduced by the petitioner, or the other parties in interest, and any other evidence that the court may, in its discretion, cause to be adduced. Unless good cause be shown to the contrary, the court must grant such order, and must require the petitioner to return a written report of such hiring under oath, on or before a day specified in such order.
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.