§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 […]
§44-1-6. 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 […]
§44-1-7. Penalty of Bond
(a) Every bond required to be given by an executor or administrator shall be in a penalty equal, at the least, to the full value of the personal estate of the deceased to be administered; and where there is a will which authorizes the executor or administrator to sell real estate, or receive the rents […]
§44-1-8. When Executor or Administrator Not to Give Bond; When Surety Not Required
(a) Subject to the provisions of section three, article five of this chapter governing the appointment of a nonresident of this state as an executor, where the will directs that an executor shall not give bond, it shall not be required of him or her, unless at the time the will is admitted to probate […]
§44-1-9. Administration De Bonis Non Upon Death, Resignation or Removal of Sole Surviving Executor or Administrator; Executor or Administrator of Executor or Administrator Not Authorized to Administer Estate of First Testator or Intestate
In any estate in which there is a will, on the death, resignation or removal of the sole surviving executor of any such will or of an administrator with the will annexed, administration of the estate of the testator, not already administered, may be granted with the will annexed; and in any estate in which […]
§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 […]