{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-6-67","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 44-6-67","heading":"Effect of executor’s assent to legacy to life tenant on remainderman; possession at termination of life estate.","body":"The assent of an executor to a legacy to a life tenant inures to the benefit of the remainderman. At the termination of the life estate, the remainderman may take possession immediately unless the will provides for a sale or other act to be done for the purpose of or prior to a division, in which case the executor may recover possession for the purpose of executing the will.","path":["TITLE 44 Property","CHAPTER 6 Estates","Article 4 Remainders and Reversions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.44.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":"ecc42f41e1b89ad8aa5b2e3086f0f156d08da56c061f42c42145e26fa240910a","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-6-66","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-6-68"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}