Final record, 1821-[ongoing].

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Final record, 1821-[ongoing].

An estate may be settled any time after the grant of letters testamentary, if the debts are paid and the condition of the estate will allow it (see Ala. Code, 43-2-501 [1975]). This series records the final settlement of estates. Information contained in the volumes includes a statement of receipts and disbursements of the estate excecutor or administrator, a statement of the estate's heirs' names, and a copy of the notice of the hearing for final settlement. This record began in 1821 and continues to the present.

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Alabama County (Ala.). Probate Judges.

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Authorities: Acts of Alabama, 1849-50. Code of Alabama, 1975, Vol. 2, Constitutional Amendment No. 328. Norman, Keith B., ed. Handbook for Alabama Probate Judges. 3rd ed. Atlanta: Darby Printing Co., 1982. A court of probate was established in each Alabama county in 1850. The act that created the probate court abolished the county court and the orphans' court and transferred most of the jurisdiction of the county court to the court of ...