When the executor or administrator is satisfied that the estate is solvent, he may, after six months from the date of the grant of letters testamentary or of administration, make distribution of the whole or any part of the property without obtaining an order of court, or he may so report it and obtain an order of distribution as to the whole, or any part of the property; but, in such case, if the distribution or the order is made before a final settlement of such estate, neither the distribution, the order, nor the proceedings thereon are a defense in any action brought against such executor or administrator as such.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 43 - Wills and Decedents' Estates.
Chapter 2 - Administration of Estates.
Article 18 - Settlements and Distributions.
Division 7 - Distribution Before Settlement.
Section 43-2-640 - Authorization to Make Distribution - Distribution by Executor or Administrator.
Section 43-2-642 - Contents of Application.
Section 43-2-643 - Time for Hearing; Notice.
Section 43-2-644 - When Distribution Made; Limit on Amount.
Section 43-2-647 - Refunding Bonds - Bond Stands as Security; Action on Bond.
Section 43-2-646 - Refunding Bonds - Recordation; Transcript as Evidence.
Section 43-2-645 - Refunding Bonds - Required; Terms and Conditions.
Section 43-2-648 - Refunding Bonds - Rights of Parties Among Themselves.