(a) This chapter shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies.
(b) The underlying purposes and policies of this chapter are:
(1) To simplify and clarify the law concerning the affairs of decedents;
(2) To discover and make effective the intent of a decedent in the distribution of his property.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 43 - Wills and Decedents' Estates.
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 43-8-1 - General Definitions.
Section 43-8-2 - Construction of Chapter; Purposes and Policies.
Section 43-8-3 - Supplementary Effect of Principles of Law and Equity.
Section 43-8-4 - Construction Against Implied Repeal.
Section 43-8-5 - Relief Against Fraud; Limitations.
Section 43-8-6 - Rules of Evidence; Evidence as to Death or Status; Presumption of Death.
Section 43-8-7 - Effect of Acts by Holder of General Power of Appointment, etc., on Beneficiaries.
Section 43-8-8 - Effective Date; Transition Provisions.
Section 43-8-9 - Savings Provision for Counties of Jefferson and Mobile.