The meaning and legal effect of a disposition in a will shall be determined by the local law of a particular state selected by the testator in his instrument unless the application of that law is contrary to the provisions relating to the elective share described in sections 43-8-70 through 43-8-75, the provisions relating to exempt property and allowances described in sections 43-8-110 through 43-8-113, or any other public policy of this state otherwise applicable to the disposition.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 43 - Wills and Decedents' Estates.
Article 8 - Construction of Wills.
Section 43-8-220 - Requirement That Devisee Survive Testator by Five Days.
Section 43-8-221 - Choice of Law as to Meaning and Effect of Wills.
Section 43-8-222 - Controlling Effect of Intention of Testator.
Section 43-8-223 - Construction of Will to Pass All Property, Including After-Acquired Property.
Section 43-8-224 - Anti-Lapse Provision; Applicability to Deceased Devisees and to Class Gifts.
Section 43-8-225 - Effect of Failure of Testamentary Provisions.
Section 43-8-226 - Specific Devise of Securities; Change in Securities; Accessions; Nonademption.
Section 43-8-228 - Nonexoneration.