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- O.C.G.A. § 53-7-19 · Action on bond for failure to settle and account with heir or beneficiary.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-7-20 · Action on bond upon liability of decedent and return of execution marked nulla bona.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-7-21 · Against what property judgment levied.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-7-22 · Levy upon property; entering of judgment and issuance of execution.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-7-23 · Property upon which execution levied.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-7-30 · Filing and contents.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-7-31 · Making of inventory jointly by all personal representatives; proof of joint possession of assets.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-7-32 · Waiver of right to receive; relieving personal representative of duty to make.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-7-33 · Power of testator to dispense with making inventory.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-7-34 · Failure to return a correct inventory.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-7-40 · Liability of estate; priority of claims.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-7-41 · Notice for creditors to render accounts; notification of creditors’ claims; requirement of reasonable additional proof or accounting; failure of creditors to give notice of claims.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-7-42 · Time for payment of debts; time for commencing action to recover debt.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-7-43 · Compelling heirs or beneficiaries to contribute to payment of debt.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-7-44 · Satisfaction of debts.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-7-45 · Compromise of claims.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-7-50 · Petition by personal representative for discharge; citation and publication; hearing; subsequently discovered estate.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-7-51 · Discharge when funds unclaimed.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-7-52 · Discharge of temporary administrator.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-7-53 · Discharge obtained by fraud.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-7-54 · Breach of fiduciary duty.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-7-55 · Revocation of letters of personal representative or other sanctions.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-7-56 · Resignation.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-7-60 · Jurisdiction.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-7-61 · Filing of petition upon termination of personal representative.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-7-62 · Appearance before court; failure of personal representative to appear; right to appeal.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-7-63 · Making and enforcing final settlement.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-7-64 · Accounting for income on property administered.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-7-65 · Recordation of final receipts; admission in evidence.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-7-66 · Refunding bonds.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-7-67 · Required annual filing; reporting period.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-7-68 · Mailing of return to heirs and beneficiaries; relieving personal representative of duty to file return.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-7-69 · Power of testator to dispense with necessity of return.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-7-69.1 · Annual statement of receipts and disbursements.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-7-70 · Examination and recordation of returns and vouchers; evidentiary effect.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-7-71 · Return of nonresident or deceased personal representative.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-7-72 · Docket of persons liable to make returns; failure to make returns.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-7-73 · Filing and contents of intermediate report; notice to heirs and beneficiaries.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-7-74 · Filing of objections to intermediate report; continuation of hearing; appeal.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-7-75 · Construction of will by superior court.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-7-76 · Judgment surcharging fiduciary.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-7-77 · Conclusiveness of order on intermediate report.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-7-78 · Taxing of costs.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-8-1 · Authorized investments; standard of care; deviation from will or other disposition; investments by personal representative who is a bank or trust company.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-8-2 · Real property.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-8-3 · Securities, obligations, and interest-bearing deposits.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-8-4 · Government obligations; standard of prudence; corporate fiduciaries.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-8-5 · Retention of property by personal representative; corporate fiduciaries.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-8-10 · Authority of personal representative; petition by temporary administrator.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-8-11 · Property that is perishable, liable to deteriorate, or expensive to keep.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-8-12 · Stocks or bonds.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-8-13 · General procedures.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-8-14 · Warranty; personal liability of personal representative.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-8-15 · Passage of title to heirs or beneficiaries; assent of personal representative.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-9-1 · Presumption or proof of death; presumption that missing person predeceased other deceased individual; perils or tragedies resulting in probable death.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-9-2 · Filing and contents of petition; publication of citation.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-9-3 · Hearing; finding of death.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-9-4 · Issuance of letters or order.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-9-5 · Revocation of letters upon proof that missing individual is alive.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-9-6 · Recovery of property by missing individual.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-9-7 · Distribution of assets.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-9-8 · Probate court judges allowed to hold certain funds for missing heir or beneficiary under decedent’s will.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-9-10 · “Missing” defined; petition for conservator.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-9-11 · Factors considered by court; qualifications.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-9-12 · Contents of petition.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-9-13 · Procedure on petition; laws applicable to, and oath and bond of, conservator.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-9-14 · Report of conservator; court order.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-9-15 · Termination of conservatorship.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-9-16 · Final return; delivery of funds or property to personal representative.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-9-20 · Presumption or proof of death.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-9-21 · Appointment of conservator.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-10-1 · Short title.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-10-2 · Disposition of property upon simultaneous deaths where devolution depends on priority of death.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-10-3 · Disposition of property upon simultaneous death of beneficiary and another individual where interest depends on survival.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-10-4 · Disposition of property upon simultaneous death of joint owners.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-10-5 · Applicability of chapter.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-10-6 · Uniformity of law.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-11-1 · Applicability of, and compliance with, provisions.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-11-2 · “Guardian” defined; persons represented; appointment; successors; guardian named in petitions.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-11-3 · Personal service; generally.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-11-4 · Service of notice where person or residence unknown, or resides outside state.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-11-5 · Additional service of citation or other notice.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-11-6 · Waiver or acknowledgment of service of citation or other notice; consent to granting of relief or entry of order.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-11-7 · Officers authorized to administer oath or affirmation or affidavit.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-11-8 · Verification of petitions.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-11-9 · Issuance of citation upon filing of petition; contents; meaning; definitions; caveat or objection.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-11-10 · Date by which objections must be filed or on which hearing will be held.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-11-11 · Authentication or exemplification of document.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-12-1 · Short title; effect on existing trusts.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-12-2 · Definitions.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-12-3 · Survival of common law and equity.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-12-4 · Law governing the validity of the trust.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-12-5 · Law governing the meaning and effect of trust provisions.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-12-6 · Jurisdiction.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-12-7 · When trust and chapter conflict.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-12-8 · Notice to person permitted to bind another person; consent on behalf of another person; representation of others.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-12-9 · Binding nonjudicial settlement agreement.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-12-20 · Express trusts.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-12-21 · Formal and precatory words.
- O.C.G.A. § 53-12-22 · Trust purposes and conditions in terrorem.