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Section 43-8-201 - Contest in Circuit Court After Admission to Probate - Additional Time for Contest by Infants and Persons of Unsound Mind. - After the expiration of such six months, the validity of...
Section 43-8-202 - Contest in Circuit Court After Admission to Probate - Trial of Issues by Jury; Consideration of Witnesses' Testimony. - The circuit court may, in such case, direct an issue...
Article 8 - Construction of Wills.
Section 43-8-220 - Requirement That Devisee Survive Testator by Five Days. - A devisee who does not survive the testator by five...
Section 43-8-221 - Choice of Law as to Meaning and Effect of Wills. - The meaning and legal effect of a disposition in a...
Section 43-8-222 - Controlling Effect of Intention of Testator. - The intention of a testator as expressed in his will...
Section 43-8-223 - Construction of Will to Pass All Property, Including After-Acquired Property. - A will is construed to pass all property which the...
Section 43-8-224 - Anti-Lapse Provision; Applicability to Deceased Devisees and to Class Gifts. - If a devisee who is a grandparent or a lineal...
Section 43-8-225 - Effect of Failure of Testamentary Provisions. - (a) Except as provided in section 43-8-224 if a devise...
Section 43-8-226 - Specific Devise of Securities; Change in Securities; Accessions; Nonademption. - (a) If the testator intended a specific devise of certain...
Section 43-8-227 - Nonademption of Specific Devises in Certain Cases; Proceeds of Sale, Condemnation, Insurance or Foreclosure; Sale by Guardian or Curator. - (a) A specific devisee has the right to the remaining...
Section 43-8-228 - Nonexoneration. - A specific devise passes subject to any mortgage interest existing...
Section 43-8-229 - Exercise of Power of Appointment. - A general residuary clause in a will, or a will...
Section 43-8-230 - Construction of Generic Terms to Accord With Relationships as Defined for Intestate Succession; When Person Born Out of Wedlock Treated as Child of Father. - Half-bloods, adopted persons, and persons born out of wedlock are...
Section 43-8-231 - Ademption by Satisfaction. - Property which a testator gave in his lifetime to a...
Article 9 - Miscellaneous Provisions.
Section 43-8-250 - Contracts Concerning Succession, etc.; No Presumption of Nonrevocation From Joint or Mutual Wills. - A contract to make a will or devise, or not...
Section 43-8-251 - Renunciation of Succession. - Renunciation of succession shall be through compliance with Article 11...
Section 43-8-252 - Effect of Divorce, Annulment, or Decree of Separation. - (a) A person who is divorced from the decedent or...
Section 43-8-253 - Effect of Homicide on Intestate Succession, Wills, Joint Assets, Life Insurance and Beneficiary Designations; Effect of Bona Fide Purchase by Third Party or Good Faith Payment by Obligor, Etc. - (a) A surviving spouse, heir or devisee who feloniously and...
Section 43-8-254 - Appointment of Debtor as Executor. - The appointment of a debtor as an executor is not...
Section 43-8-255 - Administrators With Will Annexed Have Same Powers as Executors. - Administrators with the will annexed have the same powers and...
Section 43-8-256 - Testator May Preclude Corporation From Becoming Surety on Bond of Executor or Administrator. - Whenever any testator, by the terms of his will, so...
Article 10 - Custody of Wills.
Section 43-8-270 - Duty of Custodian of Will After Death of Testator; Liability. - After the death of a testator and on request of...
Article 11 - Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests.
Section 43-8-290 - Short Title. - This article may be cited as the Alabama Uniform Disclaimer...
Section 43-8-291 - Right to Disclaim Interest in Property. - (a) A person, or the representative of a deceased, incapacitated...
Section 43-8-292 - Filing and Delivery of Disclaimer. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section,...
Section 43-8-293 - Form of Disclaimer. - The disclaimer shall: (1) Be in writing; (2) Describe the...
Section 43-8-294 - Effect of Disclaimer. - (a) If the property or interest devolved to a disclaimant...
Section 43-8-295 - Waiver and Bar. - The right to disclaim property or an interest therein is...
Section 43-8-296 - Remedy Not Exclusive. - This article does not abridge the right of a person...
Section 43-8-297 - Uniformity of Application and Construction. - This article shall be applied and construed to effectuate its...
Section 43-8-298 - Applicability of Article. - An interest in property that exists on the effective date...