Alabama Code 43-2-150. Enforcement of judgments, etc., of probate court against representatives – Generally
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 43-2-150
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- circuit: means judicial circuit. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
- Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
- Probate: Proving a will
- property: includes both real and personal property. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
All judgments, orders, and decrees of the probate court against an executor or administrator for the payment of money may be enforced by execution or by process of garnishment, which may issue in like cases and manner as it may issue on judgments in circuit courts, and may, in like manner, be prosecuted to judgment against the garnishee; for the delivery of personal property, by attachment or a special order to the sheriff, requiring him to take such property and deliver the same according to the judgment, order or decree; for the possession of land, by a writ to the sheriff against the executor or administrator, requiring him to put the heir or devisee in possession of the same.