The debts against the estates of decedents are to be paid in the following order:
(1) The funeral expenses.
(2) The fees and charges of administration.
(3) Expenses of the last sickness.
(4) Taxes assessed on the estate of the decedent previous to his death.
(5) Debts due to employees, as such, for services rendered the year of the death of the decedent.
(6) The other debts of the decedent.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 43 - Wills and Decedents' Estates.
Chapter 2 - Administration of Estates.
Article 15 - Claims and Debts.
Division 2 - Payment and Preference.
Section 43-2-370 - Property Charged With Payment of Debts.
Section 43-2-371 - Order of Preference.
Section 43-2-372 - No Preference Among Debts of Same Class.
Section 43-2-373 - Payment of Claims Barred by Statute of Limitations.
Section 43-2-374 - When Executor or Administrator Protected in Payment of Debts.