{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-4-31","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 53-4-31","heading":"Definitions.","body":"(a) A joint will is one will signed by two or more testators that deals with the distribution of the property of each testator. A joint will may be probated as each testator’s will.\n(b) Mutual wills are separate wills of two or more testators that make reciprocal dispositions of each testator’s property.","path":["TITLE 53 Wills, Trusts, and Administration of Estates","CHAPTER 4 Wills","Article 4 Joint or Mutual Wills"],"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":"dc198adbd40693673abd86325efc9c1c650d913aa334872a8a850c6f4c614dfa","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-4-30","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-4-32"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}