(a) Any person entitled to administration may relinquish his right thereto in the same manner as executors are authorized to renounce their appointment.
(b) If no person entitled to the administration of the estate, according to the first three subdivisions of subsections (a) or (b) of section 43-2-42, applies for letters within 40 days after the death of the intestate is known, the persons so entitled must be held to have relinquished their right to the administration.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 43 - Wills and Decedents' Estates.
Chapter 2 - Administration of Estates.
Article 2 - Grant of Letters Testamentary of Administration.
Division 2 - Grant of Letters of Administration.
Section 43-2-42 - Order of Grant of Administration.
Section 43-2-43 - Renunciation or Relinquishment of Right to Administration.
Section 43-2-46 - Postponing Issuance of Letters During Time for Appeal.