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AL Code § 43-8-252 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 43 - Wills and Decedents' Estates.|Chapter 8 - Probate Code.|Article 9 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|Section 43-8-252 - Effect of Divorce, Annulment, or Decree of Separation.

Section 43-8-252Effect 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 which does not terminate the status of husband and wife is not a divorce for purposes of this section. (b) For purposes of sections 43-8-40 through 43-8-49, 43-8-55 through 43-8-58, 43-8-70 through 43-8-76, 43-8-90, 43-8-91, and 43-8-110 through 43-8-113, a surviving spouse does not include: (1) A person who obtains or consents to a final decree or judgment of divorce from the decedent or an annulment of their marriage, which decree or judgment is not recognized as valid in this state, unless they subsequently participate in a marriage ceremony purporting to marry each to the other, or subsequently live together as man and wife; (2) A person who, following a decree or judgment of divorce or annulment obtained by the decedent, participates in a marriage ceremony with a third person; or (3) A person who is a party to a valid proceeding concluded by an order purporting to terminate all marital property rights. (Acts 1982, No. 82-399, §2-802.)
AL Code § 43-8-253 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 43 - Wills and Decedents' Estates.|Chapter 8 - Probate Code.|Article 9 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|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.

Section 43-8-253Effect 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 under articles 3 through 10 of this chapter, and the estate of decedent passes as if the killer had predeceased the decedent. Property appointed by the will of the decedent to or for the benefit of the killer passes as if the killer had predeceased the decedent. (b) Any joint tenant who feloniously and intentionally kills another joint tenant thereby effects a severance of the interest of the decedent so that the share of the decedent passes as his property and the killer has no rights by survivorship. This provision applies to joint tenancies with the right of survivorship and tenancies in common during the respective lives of the grantees with cross-contingent remainders in fee to the survivor in real and personal property, joint and multiple-party accounts in banks, savings and loan associations, credit unions and other institutions, and any other form of co-ownership with survivorship incidents. (c) A named beneficiary of a bond, life insurance policy, or other contractual arrangement who feloniously and intentionally kills the principal obligee or the person upon whose life the policy is issued is not entitled to any benefit under the bond, policy or other contractual arrangement, and it becomes payable as though the killer had predeceased the decedent. (d) Any other acquisition of property or interest by the killer shall be treated in accordance with the principles of this section. (e) A final judgment of conviction of felonious and intentional killing is conclusive for purposes of this section. In the absence of a conviction of felonious and intentional killing the court may determine by a preponderance of evidence whether the killing was felonious and intentional for purposes of this section. (f) This section does not affect the rights of any person who, before rights under this section have been adjudicated, purchases from the killer for value and without notice property which the killer would have acquired except for this section, but the killer is liable for the amount of the proceeds or the value of the property. Any insurance company, bank, or other obligor making payment according to the terms of its policy or obligation is not liable by reason of this section unless prior to payment it has received at its home office or principal address written notice of a claim under this section. (Acts 1982, No. 82-399, §2-803.)
AL Code § 43-8-254 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 43 - Wills and Decedents' Estates.|Chapter 8 - Probate Code.|Article 9 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|Section 43-8-254 - Appointment of Debtor as Executor.

Section 43-8-254Appointment 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, §17; Code 1975, §43-1-14.)
AL Code § 43-8-255 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 43 - Wills and Decedents' Estates.|Chapter 8 - Probate Code.|Article 9 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|Section 43-8-255 - Administrators With Will Annexed Have Same Powers as Executors.

Section 43-8-255Administrators 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.)
AL Code § 43-8-256 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 43 - Wills and Decedents' Estates.|Chapter 8 - Probate Code.|Article 9 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|Section 43-8-256 - Testator May Preclude Corporation From Becoming Surety on Bond of Executor or Administrator.

Section 43-8-256Testator 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, §23; Code 1975, §43-1-19.)
AL Code § 43-8-270 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 43 - Wills and Decedents' Estates.|Chapter 8 - Probate Code.|Article 10 - Custody of Wills.|Section 43-8-270 - Duty of Custodian of Will After Death of Testator; Liability.

Section 43-8-270Duty of custodian of will after death of testator; liability. After the death of a testator and on request of an interested person, any person having custody of a will of the testator shall deliver it with reasonable promptness to a person able to secure its probate and if none is known, to an appropriate court. Any person who wilfully fails to deliver a will is liable to any person aggrieved for the damages which may be sustained by the failure. Any person who wilfully refuses or fails to deliver a will after being ordered by the court in a proceeding brought for the purpose of compelling delivery is subject to the penalty for contempt of court. (Acts 1982, No. 82-399, §2-901.)
AL Code § 43-8-290 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 43 - Wills and Decedents' Estates.|Chapter 8 - Probate Code.|Article 11 - Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests.|Section 43-8-290 - Short Title.

Section 43-8-290Short title. This article may be cited as the Alabama Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests Act. (Acts 1981, No. 81-156, §1; Code 1975, §35-17-1.)
AL Code § 43-8-291 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 43 - Wills and Decedents' Estates.|Chapter 8 - Probate Code.|Article 11 - Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests.|Section 43-8-291 - Right to Disclaim Interest in Property.

Section 43-8-291Right to disclaim interest in property. (a) A person, or the representative of a deceased, incapacitated person, protected person, incompetent or ward, who is an heir, next of kin, devisee, legatee, grantee, donee, surviving joint tenant, person succeeding to a disclaimed interest, beneficiary under a testamentary or nontestamentary instrument or contract, or appointee under a power of appointment exercised by a testamentary or nontestamentary instrument, or to whom any property or interest therein devolves, by whatever means, may disclaim in whole or in part the right of succession to any property or interest therein by delivering or filing a written disclaimer under this article. (b) A surviving joint tenant may disclaim as a separate interest any property or interest therein devolving to him by right of survivorship. A surviving joint tenant may disclaim the entire interest in any property or interest therein that is the subject of a joint tenancy devolving to him, if the joint tenancy was created by act of a deceased joint tenant, if the survivor did not join in creating the joint tenancy. (c) The right to disclaim exists notwithstanding any limitation on the interest of the disclaimant in the nature of a spendthrift provision or similar restriction. (Acts 1981, No. 81-156, §2; Code 1975, §35-17-2.)
AL Code § 43-8-292 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 43 - Wills and Decedents' Estates.|Chapter 8 - Probate Code.|Article 11 - Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests.|Section 43-8-292 - Filing and Delivery of Disclaimer.

Section 43-8-292Filing and delivery of disclaimer. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, if the property or interest has devolved to the disclaimant under a testamentary instrument or by the laws of intestacy, the disclaimer shall be filed, as to a present interest, not later than nine months after the death of the deceased owner or deceased donee of a power of appointment and, if of a future interest, not later than nine months after the event determining that the taker of the property or interest has become finally ascertained and his interest is indefeasibly vested. The disclaimer shall be filed in the probate court of the county in which proceedings for the administration of the estate of the deceased owner or deceased donee of the power have been commenced or, if they have not been commenced, in which they could be commenced. A copy of the disclaimer shall be delivered in person or mailed by registered or certified mail to any personal representative or other fiduciary of the decedent or donee of the power. (b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, if the property or interest has devolved to the disclaimant under a nontestamentary instrument or contract, the disclaimer shall be delivered or filed, as to a present interest, not later than nine months after the effective date of the nontestamentary instrument or contract and, as to a future interest, not later than nine months after the event determining that the taker of the property or interest has become finally ascertained and his interest is indefeasibly vested. If the person entitled to disclaim does not have actual knowledge of the existence of the interest, the disclaimer shall be delivered or filed not later than nine months after he has actual knowledge of the existence of the interest. The effective date of a revocable instrument or contract is the date on which the maker no longer has power to revoke it or to transfer to himself or another the entire legal and equitable ownership of the interest. The disclaimer or a copy thereof shall be delivered in person or mailed by registered or certified mail to the trustee or other person who has legal title to, or possession of, the interest disclaimed. (c) In any case, as to a transfer creating an interest in the disclaimant made after December 31, 1976, and subject to tax under chapter 11, 12, or 13 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, a disclaimer intended as a qualified disclaimer thereunder must specifically so state and must be delivered not later than nine months after the later of the date the transfer is made or the day on which the person disclaiming attains age 21. (d) If real property or an interest therein is disclaimed, a copy of the disclaimer instrument may be filed for record in the office of the probate judge of the county in which the property or interest disclaimed is located. (Acts 1981, No. 81-156, §3; Code 1975, §35-17-3.)
AL Code § 43-8-293 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 43 - Wills and Decedents' Estates.|Chapter 8 - Probate Code.|Article 11 - Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests.|Section 43-8-293 - Form of Disclaimer.

Section 43-8-293Form of disclaimer. The disclaimer shall: (1) Be in writing; (2) Describe the property or interest disclaimed; (3) Declare the disclaimer and extent thereof; and (4) Be signed by the disclaimant. (Acts 1981, No. 81-156, §4; Code 1975, §35-17-4.)
AL Code § 43-8-294 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 43 - Wills and Decedents' Estates.|Chapter 8 - Probate Code.|Article 11 - Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests.|Section 43-8-294 - Effect of Disclaimer.

Section 43-8-294Effect of disclaimer. (a) If the property or interest devolved to a disclaimant under a testamentary instrument or under the laws of intestacy and the deceased owner or donee of a power of appointment has not provided for another disposition, it devolves as if the disclaimant had predeceased the decedent or, if the disclaimant was designated to take under a power of appointment exercised by a testamentary instrument, as if the disclaimant had predeceased the donee of the power. Any future interest that takes effect in possession or enjoyment after the termination of the estate or interest disclaimed takes effect as if the disclaimant had died before the event determining that the taker of the property or interest had become finally ascertained and his interest is indefeasibly vested. A disclaimer relates back for all purposes to the date of death of the decedent, or of the donee of the power, or the determinative event, as the case may be. (b) If the property or interest devolved to a disclaimant under a nontestamentary instrument or contract and the instrument or contract does not provide for another disposition:  (1) It devolves as if the disclaimant had died before the effective date of the instrument or contract; and (2) A future interest that takes effect in possession or enjoyment at or after the termination of the disclaimed interest takes effect as if the disclaimant had died before the event determining that the taker of the property or interest had become finally ascertained and his interest indefeasibly vested.  A disclaimer relates back for all purposes to the effective date of the instrument or contract or the date of the determinative event, as the case may be. (c) The disclaimer or the written waiver of the right to disclaim is binding upon the disclaimant or person waiving and all persons claiming through or under him. (Acts 1981, No. 81-156, §5; Code 1975, §35-17-5.)
AL Code § 43-8-295 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 43 - Wills and Decedents' Estates.|Chapter 8 - Probate Code.|Article 11 - Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests.|Section 43-8-295 - Waiver and Bar.

Section 43-8-295Waiver and bar. The right to disclaim property or an interest therein is barred by: (1) An assignment, conveyance, encumbrance, pledge, or transfer of the property or interest, or a contract therefor; (2) A written waiver of the right to disclaim; (3) An acceptance of the property or interest or a benefit thereunder; or (4) A sale of the property or interest under judicial sale made before the disclaimer is effected. (Acts 1981, No. 81-156, §6; Code 1975, §35-17-6.)
AL Code § 43-8-296 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 43 - Wills and Decedents' Estates.|Chapter 8 - Probate Code.|Article 11 - Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests.|Section 43-8-296 - Remedy Not Exclusive.

Section 43-8-296Remedy not exclusive. This article does not abridge the right of a person to waive, release, disclaim, or renounce property or an interest therein under any other statute. (Acts 1981, No. 81-156, §7; Code 1975, §35-17-7.)
AL Code § 43-8-297 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 43 - Wills and Decedents' Estates.|Chapter 8 - Probate Code.|Article 11 - Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests.|Section 43-8-297 - Uniformity of Application and Construction.

Section 43-8-297Uniformity of application and construction. This article shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this article among states enacting it. It is the intent of the legislature of the state of Alabama by this article to clarify the laws of this state with respect to the subject matter hereof in order to ensure the ability of persons to disclaim interests in property without the imposition of federal and state estate, inheritance, gift and transfer taxes. This article is to be interpreted and construed in accordance with, and in furtherance of, that intent. (Acts 1981, No. 81-156, §8; Code 1975, §35-17-8.)
AL Code § 43-8-298 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 43 - Wills and Decedents' Estates.|Chapter 8 - Probate Code.|Article 11 - Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests.|Section 43-8-298 - Applicability of Article.

Section 43-8-298Applicability of article. An interest in property that exists on the effective date of this article as to which, if a present interest, the time for delivering or filing a disclaimer under this article has not expired or, if a future interest, the interest has not become indefeasibly vested or the taker finally ascertained, may be disclaimed within nine months after the effective date of this article. (Acts 1981, No. 81-156, §10; Code 1975, §35-17-9.)
AL Code § 44-1-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 44 - Youth Services.|Chapter 1 - Department of Youth Services and Youth Services Board.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 44-1-1 - Purpose of Chapter.

Section 44-1-1Purpose of chapter. The purpose of this chapter is to promote and safeguard the social well-being and general welfare of the youth of the state through a comprehensive and coordinated program of public services for the prevention of juvenile delinquency and the rehabilitation of delinquent youth. This state program shall provide the following: (1) Social and educational services and facilities for any youth whom a juvenile judge deems in need of such state services; (2) The establishment of standards for social and educational services and facilities for such youth; (3) Cooperation with public and voluntary agencies, organizations and citizen groups in the development and coordination of programs and activities directed toward the prevention, control and treatment of delinquency; (4) The promotion and improvement of community conditions, programs and resources to aid parents in discharging their responsibilities for the care, development and well-being of their children; and (5) The promotion of improved communications between the public and voluntary agencies and bodies of this state responsible for said youth and the juvenile courts of this state. (Acts 1973, No. 816, p. 1261, §1.)
AL Code § 44-1-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 44 - Youth Services.|Chapter 1 - Department of Youth Services and Youth Services Board.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 44-1-3 - Alabama Boys Industrial School, Alabama Training School for Girls and Alabama Industrial School - Control; Priority as to Use of Funds of Department; Legal Custody of Inhabitants.

Section 44-1-3Alabama Boys Industrial School, Alabama Training School for Girls and Alabama Industrial School - Control; priority as to use of funds of department; legal custody of inhabitants. The Alabama Boys Industrial School, the Alabama Training School for Girls and the Alabama Industrial School shall be under the control of the youth services board. All duties, responsibilities, authority, power, assets, appropriations, liabilities, contractual rights and obligations and property rights, whether accruing or vesting in the aforementioned institutions before or after September 5, 1973, shall be vested in the youth services board. It is the intention of the legislature that out of moneys available to the board the first priority shall be given to insuring that the services provided by the financial resources available to the Alabama Boys Industrial School, the Alabama Training School for Girls and the Alabama Industrial School shall be maintained at least at the level existing on January 22, 1975. All youths in the custody of or committed to the Alabama Boys Industrial School, the Alabama Training School for Girls and the Alabama Industrial School shall be in the legal custody of the department of youth services. (Acts 1973, No. 816, p. 1261, §7.)
AL Code § 44-1-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 44 - Youth Services.|Chapter 1 - Department of Youth Services and Youth Services Board.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 44-1-4 - Alabama Boys Industrial School, Alabama Training School for Girls and Alabama Industrial School - Separate Advisory Boards; Regulations.

Section 44-1-4Alabama Boys Industrial School, Alabama Training School for Girls and Alabama Industrial School - Separate advisory boards; regulations. The department of youth services shall establish separate advisory boards for the Alabama Boys Industrial School, the Alabama Training School for Girls and the Alabama Industrial School. Any regulation of the aforementioned institutions in existence on January 22, 1975, shall be made a regulation of the department on January 22, 1975, and shall continue in force until repealed or amended by the board. (Acts 1973, No. 816, p. 1261, §7.)
AL Code § 44-1-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 44 - Youth Services.|Chapter 1 - Department of Youth Services and Youth Services Board.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 44-1-5 - Alabama Boys Industrial School, Alabama Training School for Girls and Alabama Industrial School - Continuation of Rights, etc., of Employees; Personal Leave for Teachers.

Section 44-1-5Alabama Boys Industrial School, Alabama Training School for Girls and Alabama Industrial School - Continuation of rights, etc., of employees; personal leave for teachers. (a) Employees of the Alabama Boys Industrial School, the Alabama Training School for Girls and the Alabama Industrial School holding positions on January 22, 1975, shall become employees of the department of youth services on the date of such transfer. Such employees of the abovementioned institutions shall continue to enjoy employment conditions, including salary, housing and office arrangements, at a level no less than those enjoyed prior to transfer to the department. (b) The youth services board shall grant personal leave to any teacher employed by the board at Alabama Boys Industrial School, Alabama Training School for Girls and the Alabama Industrial School at Mt. Meigs up to five days annually, noncumulative, during the time such schools are in session. Two days of personal leave shall be granted upon the request of the teacher with full pay and three days may, at the discretion of the board, be granted with part pay or with full pay. The teacher shall, whenever possible, notify the board five days in advance of the time such leave is to be taken; however, when such notice is not practical, leave may be taken in the same manner and under the procedures governing sick leave. (Acts 1973, No. 816, p. 1261, §7; Acts 1975, No. 1057, §1.)
AL Code § 44-1-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 44 - Youth Services.|Chapter 1 - Department of Youth Services and Youth Services Board.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 44-1-6 - Alabama Boys Industrial School, Alabama Training School for Girls and Alabama Industrial School - Restrictions on Appropriations.

Section 44-1-6Alabama Boys Industrial School, Alabama Training School for Girls and Alabama Industrial School - Restrictions on appropriations. All moneys appropriated to the Alabama Industrial School, Alabama Boys Industrial School and the Alabama Training School for Girls from the special education trust funds shall be used solely for the operations of these institutions. (Acts 1973, No. 816, p. 1261, §34.)