GroundRules
O.C.G.A. § 53-4-57: Partial illegality of will.
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 53 Wills, Trusts, and Administration of Estates
- CHAPTER 4 Wills
- Article 6 Construction of Will; Testamentary Gifts
If a will is illegal in part, the part that is legal may be sustained; but if the whole will so constitutes one testamentary scheme that the legal portion alone cannot give effect to the testator’s intention, the whole will shall fail.
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