If a claim upon which no action has been filed survives on the death of a defendant, substitution of his personal representative may be effected under the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure; but final judgment must not be entered against a personal representative if he objects until after the expiration of six months from the grant of letters testamentary or of administration.
Structure Code of Alabama
Article 26 - Abatement, Survival and Revival of Actions.
Section 6-5-460 - Abatement - Actions by or Against Unmarried Women Not Abated Upon Marriage.
Section 6-5-461 - Abatement - Actions by Informers.
Section 6-5-463 - Survival - Real Property Claims to Which Actions Filed.
Section 6-5-464 - Survival - Claims Equitable in Nature.
Section 6-5-465 - Survival - Substitution of Personal Representative Where No Action Filed.
Section 6-5-466 - Revival in Case of Death of One or More Defendants Jointly Sued.