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2018 Georgia Code 10-14-1 | Car Wreck Lawyer

TITLE 10 COMMERCE AND TRADE

Section 14. Cemetery and Funeral Services, 10-14-1 through 10-14-30.

ARTICLE 2 INVEST GEORGIA FUND

10-14-1. Short title.

This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as the "Georgia Cemetery and Funeral Services Act of 2000."

(Code 1981, §44-3-130, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 1508, § 1; Code 1981, §10-14-1, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2000, p. 882, § 1.)

Code Commission notes.

- Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2000, "chapter" was substituted for "article".

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Insurance coverage for breach of perpetual care.

- When an insurer sought a declaratory judgment defining the insurer's rights and responsibilities under an insurance policy issued to an insured cemetery that was sued for desecrating a grave, the insurer was not obligated to indemnify the insured for any damages awarded on a breach of contract claim alleging a breach of a perpetual care contract regarding the grave because the insured had no duty to care for the grave absent the contract, and the policy excluded coverage for any personal injury for which the insured had assumed liability in a contract. Nationwide Mut. Fire Ins. Co. v. Somers, 264 Ga. App. 421, 591 S.E.2d 430 (2003).

Private rule prohibiting use of concrete vaults violated statute.

- Trial court did not manifestly abuse the court's discretion by entering a permanent injunction preventing a cemetery group from implementing a rule established by a private cemetery owner to prohibit the use of concrete vaults in its cemeteries because the rule violated the Georgia Cemetery and Funeral Services Act of 2000, O.C.G.A. § 10-14-1 et seq., because it was not reasonable within the context of O.C.G.A. § 10-14-16(b). Savannah Cemetery Group, Inc. v. DePue-Wilbert Vault Co., 307 Ga. App. 206, 704 S.E.2d 858 (2010).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 14 Am. Jur. 2d, Cemeteries, §§ 8, 9.

C.J.S.

- 14 C.J.S., Cemeteries, § 1.

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 10-14-1

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Davenport v. State, 846 S.E.2d 83 (Ga. 2020).

Cited 155 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jul 2, 2020 | 309 Ga. 385

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Lyons v. State, 843 S.E.2d 825 (Ga. 2020).

Cited 32 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jun 1, 2020 | 309 Ga. 15

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Lane v. State, 864 S.E.2d 34 (Ga. 2021).

Cited 17 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Oct 5, 2021 | 312 Ga. 619

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Pender v. State, 856 S.E.2d 302 (Ga. 2021).

Cited 17 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Mar 15, 2021 | 311 Ga. 98

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Wynn v. State, 874 S.E.2d 42 (Ga. 2022).

Cited 13 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jun 1, 2022 | 313 Ga. 827

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Young v. State, 860 S.E.2d 746 (Ga. 2021).

Cited 9 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jun 24, 2021 | 312 Ga. 71

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Bowman v. State, 905 S.E.2d 605 (Ga. 2024).

Cited 8 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Aug 13, 2024 | 319 Ga. 573

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Lewis v. State, 863 S.E.2d 65 (Ga. 2021).

Cited 8 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Sep 8, 2021 | 312 Ga. 537

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Isaac v. State, 901 S.E.2d 535 (Ga. 2024).

Cited 7 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | May 14, 2024 | 319 Ga. 25

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Kirkland v. The State (two Cases), 898 S.E.2d 536 (Ga. 2024).

Cited 7 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Feb 20, 2024 | 318 Ga. 639

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Middlebrooks v. State, 884 S.E.2d 318 (Ga. 2023).

Cited 5 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Feb 21, 2023 | 315 Ga. 671

YOUNG v. THE STATE 6-24-2021 Substitute Opinion Issued. (Ga. 2021).

Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jun 24, 2021 | 315 Ga. 671

Young v. State (Ga. 2021).

Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jun 1, 2021 | 315 Ga. 671