{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-3-9","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 53-3-9","heading":"Vesting of title to property set apart.","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided in Code Section 53-3-8, title to the property set apart shall vest in the surviving spouse and child or children or, if there is no surviving spouse, in the children, share and share alike; and the property shall not be administered as the estate of the deceased spouse or parent.\n(b) When property is set apart as a year’s support for the benefit of the surviving spouse alone, the spouse shall thereafter own the same in fee, without restriction as to use, encumbrance, or disposition.","path":["TITLE 53 Wills, Trusts, and Administration of Estates","CHAPTER 3 Year’s Support"],"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":"5d5481a7e0ab8eeaa7e4c51ba8ad73d1e20daab3bc843629f7d8c1ff5baa82cb","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-3-8","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-3-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}