Ala. Code § 43-2-512
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Section 43-2-512 Contest of Account - Showing of Failure to Discharge Trust, Etc
Official statutory text
Upon final settlement, any person contesting may also show that the executor or administrator has failed to charge himself or herself with or to account for all the assets of the decedent received by him or her, or that he or she has failed to collect the same, or any portion thereof, or that by any abuse of, or failure to discharge his or her trust, such assets or any portion thereof have been depreciated, injured or destroyed.
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