§ 43-2-600 — When Matters of Controversy May Be Referred to Arbitration

Alabama § 43-2-600

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 43: Wills and Decedents’ Estates
• Ch. 2: Administration of Estates
• Art. 18: Settlements and Distributions
• Div. 5: Arbitration on Settlement of Estates

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On the settlement of the estate of a decedent, when such estate is free from debt, the probate court in which such settlement may be pending has authority to refer all matters of controversy arising in such settlement to arbitration, if, in the opinion of the court, the interests of the parties can be best subserved thereby and the parties, or their attorneys, consent thereto.

Legislative History

(Code 1867, §2169; Code 1876, §2541; Code 1886, §2183; Code 1896, §251; Code 1907, §2702; Code 1923, §5940; Code 1940, T. 61, §342.)