{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-7-11","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 53-7-11","heading":"Allowable defenses; action originating in lifetime of decedent.","body":"When the cause of action originated in the lifetime of the decedent, a personal representative may make any defense or pleading that the decedent could have made if alive.","path":["TITLE 53 Wills, Trusts, and Administration of Estates","CHAPTER 7 Administration of Estates Generally","Article 2 Actions Against Personal Representatives"],"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":"ee854909a1a433437a61d8b519166085b00128a07aaf02329b28f3f50ac62ce9","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-7-10","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-53-7-12"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}