{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-6-82","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 44-6-82","heading":"How and in what property life estate may be created.","body":"(a) An estate for life may be created by deed or will, by express agreement of the parties, or by operation of law.\n(b) A life estate cannot be created in property which will be destroyed on being used.","path":["TITLE 44 Property","CHAPTER 6 Estates","Article 5 Life Estates"],"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":"1b3041d8aa3a07663db7860a86b6b7d0c8c236ef16e91a1aace8a8062587eff6","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-6-81","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-44-6-83"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}