{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-12-27","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 53-12-27","heading":"Construction; parol evidence.","body":"When the construction of an express trust is at issue, the court may hear parol evidence of the circumstances surrounding the settlor at the time of the execution of the trust and parol evidence to explain all ambiguities, both latent and patent.","path":["TITLE 53 Wills, Trusts, and Administration of Estates","CHAPTER 12 Trusts","Article 2 Creation and Validity of Express 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":"669b663f7afe8df2e029f645f9aa1a400cc72ac88d88868d51509a46657d7b44","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-12-26","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-12-28"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}