{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-4-1","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 53-4-1","heading":"Power of testator.","body":"A testator, by will, may make any disposition of property that is not inconsistent with the laws or contrary to the public policy of the state and may give all the property to strangers, to the exclusion of the testator’s spouse and descendants.","path":["TITLE 53 Wills, Trusts, and Administration of Estates","CHAPTER 4 Wills","Article 1 General Provisions"],"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":"73b102be0fcbbf4eb955c9c83100fd5e8c8c87464c608598b14e719b4778861a","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-3-21","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-4-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}