2006 Alabama Code - Section 43-2-600 — When matters of controversy may be referred to arbitration.

On the settlement of the estate of a decedent, when such estate is free from debt, the probate court in which such settlement may be pending has authority to refer all matters of controversy arising in such settlement to arbitration, if, in the opinion of the court, the interests of the parties can be best subserved thereby and the parties, or their attorneys, consent thereto.

(Code 1867, §2169; Code 1876, §2541; Code 1886, §2183; Code 1896, §251; Code 1907, §2702; Code 1923, §5940; Code 1940, T. 61, §342.)