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GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
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Title 53. WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES |
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Chapter 5. PROBATE |
| Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
| Article 2. COMMON FORM |
| Article 3. SOLEMN FORM |
| Article 4. WITNESSES; SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT; EXPENSES |
| Article 5. FOREIGN AND OUT-OF-STATE WILLS; NONDOMICILIARIES |
| Article 6. JURISDICTION |
| Article 7. UNIFORM TRANSFER ON DEATH SECURITY REGISTRATION |
REFS & ANNOS
TITLE 53 Chapter 5 NOTE
EDITOR'S NOTES. --This chapter was effective January 1, 1998, to the extent that no vested rights of title, year's support, succession, or inheritance are impaired, as provided by the version of Code Section 53-1-1 enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10, as amended by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1352, § 1.
Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10, effective January 1, 1998, repealed the Code sections formerly codified at this chapter, and enacted the current chapter. The former chapter consisted of §§ 53-5-1 through 53-5-21, and was based on Laws 1838, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 296; Laws 1850, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 297; Ga. L. 1853-54, p. 34, § 1; Ga. L. 1855-56, p. 148, §§ 1-4; Ga. L. 1862-63, p. 30, §§ 1-3; Code 1863, §§ 2531-2533, 2535, 2536; Ga. L. 1865-66, p. 31, § 1; 1866, p. 66, § 1; Code 1868, §§ 2530-2533, 2535-2537; Code 1873, §§ 2571-2574, 2576-2578; Code 1882, §§ 2571-2574, 2576-2578; Ga. L. 1884-85, p. 49, § 1; Ga. L. 1890-91, p. 227, § 1; Civil Code 1895, §§ 3465-3473; Ga. L. 1899, p. 47, § 1; Ga. L. 1903, p. 76, § 1; Civil Code 1910, §§ 4041-4051; Ga. L. 1918, p. 122, § 1; Code 1933, §§ 113-1001.1, 113-1002, 113-1002.1, 113-1003 through 113-1005.3, 113-1006, 113-1006.1, 113-1007 through 113-1012; Ga. L. 1937, p. 861, §§ 1-5; Ga. L. 1939, p. 236, § 1; Ga. L. 1943, p. 621, § 1; Ga. L. 1947, p. 866, § 1; Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 453, § 1; Ga. L. 1955, p. 731, § 1; Ga. L. 1958, p. 378, § 1; Ga. L. 1958, p. 657, § 11; Ga. L. 1959, p. 136, § 5; Ga. L. 1960, p. 227, § 1; Ga. L. 1968, p. 997, § 1; Ga. L. 1976, p. 1059, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1977, p. 545, §§ 1-3; Ga. L. 1979, p. 1325, § 2; Code 1981, § 53-5-1.1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 42; Ga. L. 1986, p. 982, § 20; Ga. L. 1986, p. 1272, §§ 1-8; Ga. L. 1987, p. 375, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 948, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 53; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1054, § 1.
LAW REVIEWS. --For article, "Probate and Administration of Small Estates in Georgia: Some Proposals for Reform," see 6 Ga. L. Rev. 74 (1971). For article, "The Probate and Establishment of Domestic and Foreign Wills: An Analysis of Statutory Requirements," see 13 Ga. L. Rev. 133 (1978).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
ALR. --Establishment of will lost before testator's death, 34 ALR 1304.
Situs of corporate stock for purposes of probate jurisdiction and administration, 72 ALR 179.
Prima facie case for proponent in will contest as shifting burden of proof, 76 ALR 373.
Admissibility and credibility of testimony of subscribing witness tending to impeach execution of will or testamentary capacity of testator, 79 ALR 394.
Admissibility of declarations of testator on issue of undue influence, 79 ALR 1447; 148 ALR 1225.
Right to probate of will as affected by prior appointment of administrator, 95 ALR 1107; 2 ALR4th 1315.
Arbitration of issues or questions pertaining to probate matters, 104 ALR 359.
Character of instrument as will, or its admissibility to probate as such, as affected by its failure to make any disposition of property or by fact that there is no beneficiary entitled to take thereunder, 147 ALR 636.
Contingent interest as sufficient to entitle one to oppose or contest will or codicil, 162 ALR 843.
Estoppel to contest will or attack its validity, 28 ALR2d 116.
Right of executor or administrator to contest will or codicil of his decedent, 31 ALR2d 756.
Necessity that executor or administrator be represented by counsel in presenting matters in probate court, 19 ALR3d 1104.
Right to probate subsequently discovered will as affected by completed prior proceedings in interests administration, 2 ALR4th 1315.
Modern status: inheritability or descendability of right to contest will, 11 ALR4th 907.
Attorney's delay in handling decedent's estate as ground for disciplinary action, 21 ALR4th 75.
Authority of probate court to depart from statutory schedule fixing amount of executor's commissions and attorneys' fees, 40 ALR4th 1189.
Fraud as extending statutory limitations period for contesting will or its probate, 48 ALR4th 1094.
Sufficiency of evidence to support grant of summary judgment in will probate or contest proceedings, 53 ALR4th 561.
Estoppel to contest will or attack its validity by acceptance of benefits thereunder, 78 ALR4th 90.
Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10, effective January 1, 1998, repealed the Code sections formerly codified at this chapter, and enacted the current chapter. The former chapter consisted of §§ 53-5-1 through 53-5-21, and was based on Laws 1838, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 296; Laws 1850, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 297; Ga. L. 1853-54, p. 34, § 1; Ga. L. 1855-56, p. 148, §§ 1-4; Ga. L. 1862-63, p. 30, §§ 1-3; Code 1863, §§ 2531-2533, 2535, 2536; Ga. L. 1865-66, p. 31, § 1; 1866, p. 66, § 1; Code 1868, §§ 2530-2533, 2535-2537; Code 1873, §§ 2571-2574, 2576-2578; Code 1882, §§ 2571-2574, 2576-2578; Ga. L. 1884-85, p. 49, § 1; Ga. L. 1890-91, p. 227, § 1; Civil Code 1895, §§ 3465-3473; Ga. L. 1899, p. 47, § 1; Ga. L. 1903, p. 76, § 1; Civil Code 1910, §§ 4041-4051; Ga. L. 1918, p. 122, § 1; Code 1933, §§ 113-1001.1, 113-1002, 113-1002.1, 113-1003 through 113-1005.3, 113-1006, 113-1006.1, 113-1007 through 113-1012; Ga. L. 1937, p. 861, §§ 1-5; Ga. L. 1939, p. 236, § 1; Ga. L. 1943, p. 621, § 1; Ga. L. 1947, p. 866, § 1; Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 453, § 1; Ga. L. 1955, p. 731, § 1; Ga. L. 1958, p. 378, § 1; Ga. L. 1958, p. 657, § 11; Ga. L. 1959, p. 136, § 5; Ga. L. 1960, p. 227, § 1; Ga. L. 1968, p. 997, § 1; Ga. L. 1976, p. 1059, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1977, p. 545, §§ 1-3; Ga. L. 1979, p. 1325, § 2; Code 1981, § 53-5-1.1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 42; Ga. L. 1986, p. 982, § 20; Ga. L. 1986, p. 1272, §§ 1-8; Ga. L. 1987, p. 375, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 948, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 53; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1054, § 1.
LAW REVIEWS. --For article, "Probate and Administration of Small Estates in Georgia: Some Proposals for Reform," see 6 Ga. L. Rev. 74 (1971). For article, "The Probate and Establishment of Domestic and Foreign Wills: An Analysis of Statutory Requirements," see 13 Ga. L. Rev. 133 (1978).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
ALR. --Establishment of will lost before testator's death, 34 ALR 1304.
Situs of corporate stock for purposes of probate jurisdiction and administration, 72 ALR 179.
Prima facie case for proponent in will contest as shifting burden of proof, 76 ALR 373.
Admissibility and credibility of testimony of subscribing witness tending to impeach execution of will or testamentary capacity of testator, 79 ALR 394.
Admissibility of declarations of testator on issue of undue influence, 79 ALR 1447; 148 ALR 1225.
Right to probate of will as affected by prior appointment of administrator, 95 ALR 1107; 2 ALR4th 1315.
Arbitration of issues or questions pertaining to probate matters, 104 ALR 359.
Character of instrument as will, or its admissibility to probate as such, as affected by its failure to make any disposition of property or by fact that there is no beneficiary entitled to take thereunder, 147 ALR 636.
Contingent interest as sufficient to entitle one to oppose or contest will or codicil, 162 ALR 843.
Estoppel to contest will or attack its validity, 28 ALR2d 116.
Right of executor or administrator to contest will or codicil of his decedent, 31 ALR2d 756.
Necessity that executor or administrator be represented by counsel in presenting matters in probate court, 19 ALR3d 1104.
Right to probate subsequently discovered will as affected by completed prior proceedings in interests administration, 2 ALR4th 1315.
Modern status: inheritability or descendability of right to contest will, 11 ALR4th 907.
Attorney's delay in handling decedent's estate as ground for disciplinary action, 21 ALR4th 75.
Authority of probate court to depart from statutory schedule fixing amount of executor's commissions and attorneys' fees, 40 ALR4th 1189.
Fraud as extending statutory limitations period for contesting will or its probate, 48 ALR4th 1094.
Sufficiency of evidence to support grant of summary judgment in will probate or contest proceedings, 53 ALR4th 561.
Estoppel to contest will or attack its validity by acceptance of benefits thereunder, 78 ALR4th 90.