Administrator's appointment record, 1821-[ongoing].

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Administrator's appointment record, 1821-[ongoing].

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Under certain conditions, the probate courts, within their respective counties, have the authority to grant letters of administration on the estates of persons dying intestate (see Ala. Code, 43-2-40 [1975]). This series contains documents related to the appointment process. It includes petitions for letters of administration, the administrator's bond, and orders granting the letters of administration. This record began in 1821 and continues to the present.

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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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 ...