Section 43-2-170 Appointment and duties generally; term of office. Each judge of probate must appoint a suitable person as a general administrator within his county, who must take charge of the estates of deceased persons or act as special administrator, in those cases in which no other persons entitled thereto will administer and no other […]
Section 43-2-171 Time delay for committing administration of estate. The administration of an estate must not be committed to the general administrator or to the sheriff, except as special administrator, until the death of the decedent has been known 40 days, nor until one month after the death, resignation or removal of an executor or […]
Section 43-2-172 Commitment of administration to sheriff. In case there is no general administrator and no other fit person will administer, the court may commit administration to the sheriff of the county; when so committed, the administration attaches to the office, and the official oath and bond of such office are the security for his […]
Section 43-2-173 Resignation and removal – Generally. (a) The general administrator may be removed for the same causes as other administrators. Such removal may be made by the judge of probate without notice, but the grounds thereof must be entered on the minutes of the court. (b) The resignation of the office of general administrator […]
Section 43-2-174 Resignation and removal – Appointment of successor. Upon the resignation or removal of a general administrator from office, the judge of the probate court of the proper county must proceed to appoint some other suitable person general administrator for such county, who shall give bond as required by law, and administer on such […]
Section 43-2-175 Record of official acts. The general administrator must, from time to time, enter, in a well-bound book to be supplied by the court of county commissioners, a full and complete record of his official acts concerning each estate in his charge. Such book shall be kept in the office of the judge of […]
