Alabama Statutes
§ 43-8-40 — Disposition of Intestate Estate
Alabama § 43-8-40
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Bluebook
Ala. Code § 43-8-40 (2026).
Text
If an estate is not a small estate, as defined in Section 43-2-691, which is being distributed as a summary distribution under Division 10 of Article 18 of Chapter 2 of this title, then any part of the estate of a decedent not effectively disposed of by the decedent’s will passes to the decedent’s heirs as prescribed in the following sections of this chapter.
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Legislative History
(Acts 1982, No. 82-399, §2-101; Act 2025-431, §1.)
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Bluebook (online)
Alabama § 43-8-40, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/al/43-8-40.