If several persons of the same degree of kindred to the intestate, computed by the rules of the civil law, are entitled to the administration, and when several persons are equally entitled thereto, the court may, in its discretion, grant letters to one or more of them; except, that the whole blood shall be preferred to the half blood. When a married woman is entitled to the administration, it may be granted to her husband in her right.
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.