{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-12-132","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 53-12-132","heading":"Constructive trusts.","body":"(a) A constructive trust is a trust implied whenever the circumstances are such that the person holding legal title to property, either from fraud or otherwise, cannot enjoy the beneficial interest in the property without violating some established principle of equity.\n(b) The person claiming the beneficial interest in the property may be found to have waived the right to a constructive trust by subsequent ratification or long acquiescence.","path":["TITLE 53 Wills, Trusts, and Administration of Estates","CHAPTER 12 Trusts","Article 7 Implied Trusts"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.53.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":"2026-09-17T19:34:58Z","sha256":"47d5968b39f1bcbd3860a1aa9613d89bd4300b464f2194364988d54924a74971","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-12-131","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-12-133"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}