Section 43-8-51 – Controversy as to Advancements – Discovery of Advancements.
Section 43-8-51 Controversy as to advancements – Discovery of advancements. Pending administration of an estate, on the application of the executor or administrator, or someone interested in the estate, to the probate court where the administration is, alleging on oath that an advancement has been made by the decedent, and that the value of such […]
Section 43-8-53 – Controversy as to Advancements – Contest of Answer.
Section 43-8-53 Controversy as to advancements – Contest of answer. Upon the rendition of the report or answer of the distributee or heir alleged to have received an advancement, or of his legal representatives or heirs, if deceased, if the executor or administrator, or any of the parties interested in such estate are not satisfied […]
Section 43-8-54 – Controversy as to Advancements – Consequence of Failure to Answer.
Section 43-8-54 Controversy as to advancements – Consequence of failure to answer. In case any distributee or heir, or the legal representatives of heirs at law of any distributee or heir alleged to have received an advancement, and on whom a citation has been personally served as above provided, fail or neglect to return a […]
Section 43-8-55 – Against Whom Debts Owed to Decedent Charged.
Section 43-8-55 Against whom debts owed to decedent charged. A debt owed to the decedent is not charged against the intestate share of any person except the debtor. If the debtor fails to survive the decedent, the debt is not taken into account in computing the intestate share of the debtor’s issue. (Acts 1982, No. […]
Section 43-8-40 – Intestate Estate Generally.
Section 43-8-40 Intestate estate generally. Any part of the estate of a decedent not effectively disposed of by his will passes to his heirs as prescribed in the following sections of this chapter. (Acts 1982, No. 82-399, §2-101.)
Section 43-8-56 – Alien Status Not a Disqualification to Inheriting.
Section 43-8-56 Alien status not a disqualification to inheriting. No person is disqualified to take as an heir because he or a person through whom he claims is or has been an alien. (Acts 1982, No. 82-399, §2-112.)
Section 43-8-41 – Share of the Spouse.
Section 43-8-41 Share of the spouse. The intestate share of the surviving spouse is as follows: (1) If there is no surviving issue or parent of the decedent, the entire intestate estate; (2) If there is no surviving issue but the decedent is survived by a parent or parents, the first $100,000.00 in value, plus […]
Section 43-8-57 – Dower and Curtesy Abolished.
Section 43-8-57 Dower and curtesy abolished. The estates of dower and curtesy are abolished. (Acts 1982, No. 82-399, §2-113.)
Section 43-8-42 – Share of Heirs Other Than Surviving Spouse.
Section 43-8-42 Share of heirs other than surviving spouse. The part of the intestate estate not passing to the surviving spouse under section 43-8-41, or the entire intestate estate if there is no surviving spouse, passes as follows: (1) To the issue of the decedent; if they are all of the same degree of kinship […]
Section 43-8-58 – Share of Persons Related to Decedent Through Two Lines.
Section 43-8-58 Share of persons related to decedent through two lines. A person who is related to the decedent through two lines of relationship is entitled to only a single share, based on the relationship which would entitle him to the larger share. (Acts 1982, No. 82-399, §2-114.)