{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-4-69","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 53-4-69","heading":"Election by beneficiary with claim adverse to will.","body":"A beneficiary taking under a will shall allow all the provisions of the will to be executed as far as the beneficiary can. A beneficiary who has a claim adverse to the will shall be required to elect whether to claim under the will or against it. However, the mere fact that the beneficiary is also a creditor shall not necessitate an election.","path":["TITLE 53 Wills, Trusts, and Administration of Estates","CHAPTER 4 Wills","Article 6 Construction of Will; Testamentary Gifts"],"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":"7a18426446ec38a3bca4aaeb6a794b82adf94ecefedee91a6e5afc8e6d7ad1b6","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-4-68","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-4-70"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}