{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-29-6-2","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 29-6-2","heading":"Employment of counsel; payment of counsel’s fees.","body":"The judge of the probate court is authorized, in the judge’s discretion, to employ counsel to bring an action to recover any amount due to a minor or adult described in Code Section 29-6-1, in the minor’s or adult’s name or in the name of the judge as custodian, in any court having jurisdiction thereof. The judge of the probate court shall have authority to pay to counsel a reasonable fee out of the funds collected for counsel’s services in the proceeding which were necessary to enforce the right of the minor or adult.","path":["TITLE 29 Guardian and Ward","CHAPTER 6 Judges of Probate Courts as Custodians of Certain Funds"],"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":"63bd383f77a1a8a99d992211d0f076d0a1e7a5c9a2cf4995027e9efc12a71bb1","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-29-6-1","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-29-6-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}