Alabama Code 6-10-95. Reduced homestead incapable of allotment – Sale – When allowed
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 6-10-95
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
The homestead of a decedent may be sold by order of the court having jurisdiction of the estate, on petition of executor or administrator, when the same, after being reduced to its lowest area, exceeds $6,000 in value and when it is necessary that the same be sold for the payment of debts because the remainder of the estate is insufficient to pay all debts and claims against the estate and the surviving spouse or minor children fail to pay the deficiency within 30 days after notice of said petition.