{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-49-4-59","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 49-4-59","heading":"Recovery of assistance payments from recipient’s estate; federal share of amounts recovered.","body":"(a) The total amount of assistance paid under this article shall be allowed as a claim against the estate of a deceased recipient after funeral expenses, not to exceed $75.00, and the expense of administering the estate have been paid; provided, however, that no claim shall be enforced against any real estate of a recipient while it is occupied by his or her surviving spouse or dependent.\n(b) The federal government shall be entitled to a share of any amounts collected under subsection (a) of this Code section from recipients or from their estates, if required as a condition to federal financial participation in assistance under this article, equal to not more than one-half of the amount collected; and this amount shall be specified by the department. The amount due the United States shall be paid promptly to it by the department.","path":["TITLE 49 Social Services","CHAPTER 4 Public Assistance","Article 3 Aid to the Blind"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.49.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":"64e7cb22deea00173ebb181c4473e11ed3692a30fb91339779c5a4eec11aa500","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-49-4-58","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-49-4-60"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}