{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-4-12","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 53-4-12","heading":"Freedom of volition.","body":"A will must be freely and voluntarily executed. A will is not valid if anything destroys the testator’s freedom of volition, such as fraudulent practices upon the testator’s fears, affections, or sympathies; misrepresentation; duress; or undue influence whereby the will of another is substituted for the wishes of the testator.","path":["TITLE 53 Wills, Trusts, and Administration of Estates","CHAPTER 4 Wills","Article 2 Testamentary Capacity"],"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":"96596c1b0492105deadad14cce63c6bd0c2670d396ba80193b306890f66e84d3","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-4-11","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-4-20"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}