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O.C.G.A. § 53-12-21: Formal and precatory words.
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 53 Wills, Trusts, and Administration of Estates
- CHAPTER 12 Trusts
- Article 2 Creation and Validity of Express Trusts
(a) No formal words shall be necessary to create an express trust.
(b) Words otherwise precatory in nature will create a trust only if they are sufficiently imperative to show a settlor’s intention to impose enforceable duties on a trustee and if all other elements of an express trust are present.
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