When there are contesting applicants for letters testamentary or of administration, no letters must issue until the time for taking an appeal from the judgment thereon has passed; and, if such appeal is taken, no letters in chief must be granted until the appeal is finally disposed of; but a special administrator may be appointed if necessary.
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.