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§ 43-8-40 — Disposition of Intestate Estate

Alabama·Title 43 Wills and Decedents’ Estates·Ch. 8 Probate Code·Art. 3 Intestate Succession
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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