Section 43-2-26 Issuance of Letters to Others Named in Will Upon Renunciation or Failure to Apply by One Named

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Alabama Code › Title 43 › Chapter 2 › Section 43-2-26

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If any person named as executor in the will renounces his or her appointment or fails to apply for letters testamentary within 30 days after probate and any other persons named therein as executors make application for such letters and are fit persons to discharge the trust, letters testamentary must issue to them if they comply with the other requisitions of the law.

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Section 43-2-26 Issuance of Letters to Others Named in Will Upon Renunciation or Failure to Apply by One Named · Ala. Code § 43-2-26 | Frix