Alabama Code 43-2-580. When legatee or widow entitled to compel payment
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 43-2-580
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
- Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
- Legatee: A beneficiary of a decedent
- Probate: Proving a will
After the expiration of six months from the grant of letters testamentary, or of administration, with the will annexed, if there are more than sufficient assets in the hands of such executor or administrator to pay the debts of the deceased, any legatee may apply to the probate court of the county in which letters were granted to compel the payment of his legacy; and a widow who has dissented from her husband’s will or her personal representative, if she is dead, shall have like remedy to compel the payment of the distributive share to which she may be entitled.