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2018 Georgia Code 53-11-1 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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TITLE 53 WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES

Section 11. Proceedings in Probate Court, 53-11-1 through 53-11-11.

ARTICLE 3 NONDOMICILIARIES

53-11-1. Applicability of, and compliance with, provisions.

Except as otherwise specifically provided, the provisions of this chapter shall apply to any proceeding in the probate court that arises under Chapters 1 through 10 of this title. Compliance with the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to be sufficient for proceedings in the probate court arising under Chapters 1 through 10 of this title except as otherwise provided in those chapters and in Chapter 11 of Title 9 and Chapter 9 of Title 15.

(Code 1981, §53-11-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1352, § 26.)

Law reviews.

- For article commenting on the 1997 amendment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 313 (1997).

COMMENT

This Chapter provides uniform provisions governing proceedings in the probate court relating to testate and intestate estates and year's support. The provisions of this Chapter supplement but do not supersede the provisions of the Georgia Civil Practice Act (Title 9, Chapter 11) or the provisions of Title 15 that relate to the probate courts.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in In re Estate of Ehlers, 289 Ga. App. 14, 656 S.E.2d 169 (2007).

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 53-11-1

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Fiumefreddo v. Scudder, 313 S.E.2d 683 (Ga. 1984).

Cited 15 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Mar 14, 1984 | 252 Ga. 279

...Farrar, Jr., for appellant. Cook & Palmour, Bobby Lee Cook, for appellees. BELL, Justice. The controlling issue in this appeal is whether the trial court properly granted summary judgment to the appellees based on the Simultaneous Death Act (the Act). OCGA § 53-11-1 et seq....
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Deering v. Keever, 646 S.E.2d 262 (Ga. 2007).

Cited 12 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jun 11, 2007 | 282 Ga. 161, 2007 Fulton County D. Rep. 1813

...al grounds for the objection to be deemed a caveat; and, as such, it *264 was not a valid caveat under OCGA § 15-9-88; thus, the initial objection essentially did not exist and could not be amended outside the ten-day period provided for under OCGA § 53-11-10 which began to run when Deering was served; the ten-day period expired on October 6, 2004; and, consequently her amendment of October 7, 2004, was ineffective as either a separate caveat or an amendment....
...mes and in every particular." Further, while governance of pleadings in probate courts is set forth in Chapter 11 of Title 53 of the Code, that governance is supplemented by the provisions of the Civil Practice Act. See OCGA §§ 9-11-1; 9-11-8; and 53-11-1; see also Skelton v....