§44-1-14b. Notice of Ancillary Filing Without Any Administration of Estate; Time Limits for Filing of Objections
(a) Within 30 days of the filing of a foreign will of a nonresident of this state without appointment of an ancillary personal representative, executor, or administrator as provided in the provisions of §41-5-13(b) of this code or within 30 days of the filing of an affidavit concerning the intestacy of a nonresident of this […]
§44-1-15. Duty of Personal Representative; Debt Not Extinguished by Appointment of Debtor as Executor
It shall be the duty of every personal representative to administer well and truly the whole personal estate of his decedent. The appointment of a debtor as executor shall not extinguish the debt.
§44-1-16. When Administrator De Bonis Non May Administer Assets for Which Former Personal Representative Liable
When the powers of a personal representative have ceased and an administrator de bonis non of the decedent’s estate has been appointed and qualified, it shall be lawful for the personal representative whose powers have ceased, or his personal representative if he shall have died, to pay and deliver to such administrator de bonis non, […]
§44-1-17. Food and Fuel for Family
The provisions and fuel (or so much thereof as may be necessary) which, at the death of any person, shall have been laid in for consumption in his family, shall remain for the use of such family, if the same be desired by any member of it, without account thereof being made. Any livestock necessary […]
§44-1-1. Executor Has No Powers Before Qualifying
A person appointed to be the executor of a will shall not have the powers of executor until he or she qualifies by taking an oath and giving bond, unless not required to post bond by 44-1-8 of this code, which shall then be admitted to the records of the clerk of the county in […]
§44-1-2. Administration With Will Annexed
If there be no executor appointed by the will, or if all the executors therein named refuse the executorship, or fail when required to give such bond, which shall amount to such refusal, or have died, such court, or clerk thereof during the recess of the regular sessions of such court, may grant administration, with […]
§44-1-3. Oath of Executor or Administrator With Will Annexed
The oath of an executor, or of an administrator with the will annexed, shall be in substantially the following form: The writing admitted to record contains the true last will and testament of the deceased, as far as he or she knows or believes, and that he or she will faithfully perform the duties of […]
§44-1-4. Appointment of Intestate Administrator; Affidavit of Heirs of Nonresident Intestate Decedent Without Appointment of Intestate Administrator
(a) When a person dies intestate the jurisdiction to hear and determine the right of administration of his or her estate shall be in the county commission or clerk thereof during the recess of the regular sessions of the county commission which would have jurisdiction as to the probate of his or her will, if […]
§44-1-5. When Curator May Be Appointed; His Duties
The county court, or clerk thereof during the recess of the regular sessions of such court, may appoint a curator of the estate of a decedent, during a contest about his will, or during the infancy or in the absence of an executor, or until administration of the estate be granted, taking from him a […]
§44-1-6. Bond and Oath; Termination of Grant in Certain Cases
At the time of the grant of administration upon the estate of any intestate, the person to whom it is granted shall, in the county commission or before the clerk granting it, give bond, unless not required to post bond by 44-1-8 of this code, and take an oath in substantially the following form: The […]