512 So. 2d 66 - Stone v. Curry’s Empirical Analysis

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1. ““Section 43-8-76 of the Code of Alabama mandates that unless the testator indicates otherwise, the assets of the estate are to be charged with the payment of estate debts, or abated, in the following order: 1) property not disposed of by the will; 2) residuary devises; 3) general devises; and 4) specific devises. Within each classification, abatement is to be in proportion to the value of the property each of the beneficiaries would have received had full distribution of the estate in accordance with the will been possible. “Particularly pertinent to this case is subsection (c) of § 43-8-76, Ala.Code (1975), which provides as follows: “ ‘If the subject of a preferred devise is sold or used incident to administration, abatement shall be achieved by appropriate adjustments in, or contribution from, other interests in the remaining assets.’ ””

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   e.g. Smith v. Smith