Alabama Statutes
§ 43-2-551 — Making Succeeding Executor or Administrator Party to Settlement
Alabama § 43-2-551
JurisdictionAlabama
Title 43Wills and Decedents’ Estates
Ch. 2Administration of Estates
Art. 18Settlements and Distributions
Div. 3Compelling Settlement of Executor or Administrator Whose Authority Has Ceased
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Bluebook
Ala. Code § 43-2-551 (2026).
Text
The remaining or succeeding executor or administrator of the estate of the decedent, if there be one, must be made a party to such settlement and, if a resident of this state, must have personal notice of the time of making the same served on him at least 10 days before the day appointed therefor.
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Legislative History
(Code 1867, §2166; Code 1876, §2538; Code 1886, §2174; Code 1896, §242; Code 1907, §2693; Code 1923, §5926; Code 1940, T. 61, §321.)
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Alabama § 43-2-551, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/al/43-2-551.