(a) Except as provided in section 43-8-224 if a devise other than a residuary devise fails for any reason, it becomes a part of the residue.
(b) Except as provided in section 43-8-224 if the residue is devised to two or more persons and the share of one of the residuary devisees fails for any reason, his share passes to the other residuary devisee, or to other residuary devisees in proportion to their interests in the residue.
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.