Section 43-8-250 Contracts concerning succession, etc.; no presumption of nonrevocation from joint or mutual wills. A contract to make a will or devise, or not to revoke a will or devise, or to die intestate, if executed after January 1, 1983, can be established only by: (1) Provisions of a will stating material provisions of […]
Section 43-8-251 Renunciation of succession. Renunciation of succession shall be through compliance with Article 11 of this chapter or as otherwise provided by law. (Acts 1982, No. 82-399, §2-801.)
Section 43-8-252 Effect of divorce, annulment, or decree of separation. (a) A person who is divorced from the decedent or whose marriage to the decedent has been annulled is not a surviving spouse unless, by virtue of a subsequent marriage, he is married to the decedent at the time of death. A decree of separation […]
Section 43-8-253 Effect of homicide on intestate succession, wills, joint assets, life insurance and beneficiary designations; effect of bona fide purchase by third party or good faith payment by obligor, etc. (a) A surviving spouse, heir or devisee who feloniously and intentionally kills the decedent is not entitled to any benefits under the will or […]
Section 43-8-254 Appointment of debtor as executor. The appointment of a debtor as an executor is not a discharge of the debt, unless it is so directed in the will. (Code 1852, §1606; Code 1867, §1927; Code 1876, §2291; Code 1886, §1952; Code 1896, §4258; Code 1907, §6167; Code 1923, §10592; Code 1940, T. 61, […]
Section 43-8-255 Administrators with will annexed have same powers as executors. Administrators with the will annexed have the same powers and authority over the estates which executors named in the will would have, and their acts are as effectual for all purposes. (Code 1923, §10595; Code 1940, T. 61, §22; Code 1975, §43-1-18.)
Section 43-8-256 Testator may preclude corporation from becoming surety on bond of executor or administrator. Whenever any testator, by the terms of his will, so provides, no corporation shall be accepted upon the bond of any executor or administrator of such testator. (Code 1896, §3097; Code 1907, §1512; Code 1923, §2645; Code 1940, T. 61, […]
