{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-29-5-21","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 29-5-21","heading":"Rights and powers removed from ward.","body":"(a) Unless the court’s order specifies that one or more of the following powers are to be retained by the ward, the appointment of a conservator shall remove from the ward the power to:\n(1) Make, modify, or terminate contracts, other than the power to contract marriage;\n(2) To buy, sell, or otherwise dispose of or encumber property;\n(3) Enter into or conduct other business or commercial transactions;\n(4) Revoke a revocable trust established by the ward; and\n(5) Bring or defend any action at law or equity, except an action relating to the conservatorship.\n(b) The mere appointment of a conservator does not revoke the powers of an agent who was previously appointed by the ward to act as the ward’s agent under a durable power of attorney for health care, health care agent under an advance directive for health care, or mental health care agent under a psychiatric advance directive.","path":["TITLE 29 Guardian and Ward","CHAPTER 5 Conservators of Adults","Article 3 Rights and Responsibilities of Ward"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.29.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"fc206a4a5f5d761949b5306c9699290d23424af8845d3fbe57ef02bf201af6e9","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-29-5-20","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-29-5-22"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}