{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-5-52","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 53-5-52","heading":"Time limitation; filing of petition constitutes claim against estate.","body":"(a) A petition based upon paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (b) of Code Section 53-5-50 shall be brought before:\n(1) The probate of the previously probated will becomes conclusive upon the petitioner under Code Section 53-5-19 or 53-5-20; and\n(2) The expiration of the time within which the newly propounded will must be offered for probate under Code Section 53-5-3.\n(b) A petition based upon paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of Code Section 53-5-50 may be brought at any time.\n(c) In all other instances, a petition made pursuant to this article shall be brought within three years from entry of the order admitting a will to probate.\n(d) The filing of a petition made pursuant to this article shall constitute a claim against a decedent’s estate that arose before the death of the decedent for purposes of Code Section 9-3-36.","path":["TITLE 53 Wills, Trusts, and Administration of Estates","CHAPTER 5 Probate","Article 6 Jurisdiction"],"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":"8dd8fe06423f47706593e651e2e5aaba970c434f0c53769f3324b491d97cd7d2","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-5-51","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-5-53"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}