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Call Now: 904-383-7448When a nonresident decedent has property or a cause of action in more than one county, letters of administration may be granted in any county in which such property or cause of action is located. The judge of the probate court who first grants such letters acquires exclusive jurisdiction.
(Orig. Code 1863, § 309; Code 1868, § 369; Code 1873, § 334; Code 1882, § 334; Civil Code 1895, § 4235; Civil Code 1910, § 4793; Code 1933, § 24-1903.)
- Granting of temporary letters of administration upon the estate of a deceased nonresident of the state in a county vests exclusive jurisdiction in the ordinary (now probate judge) of that county so as to preclude the subsequent granting of temporary or permanent letters of administration upon such estate in another county of this state in which such nonresident may also have property, and this is true even though the application for permanent letters of administration may have been filed in the second county prior to the grant of the temporary letters in the first county. McPhail v. Barnhill, 42 Ga. App. 505, 156 S.E. 466 (1931).
Cited in Escareno v. Carl Nolte Sohne GmbH & Co., 77 F.3d 407 (11th Cir. 1996); Escareno v. Carl Nolte Sohne GmbH, 270 Ga. 264, 507 S.E.2d 743 (1998).
- Power to impound assets of nonresident decedent in state, 44 A.L.R. 801.
Total Results: 2
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1998-11-23
Citation: 270 Ga. 264, 507 S.E.2d 743, 98 Fulton County D. Rep. 3942, 1998 Ga. LEXIS 1156
Snippet: action against a Fulton County resident. OCGA § 15-9-32 and OCGA § 15-9-31 (2) address the jurisdiction
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1984-04-17
Citation: 252 Ga. 446, 314 S.E.2d 649
Snippet: The Probate Courts Act, OCGA § § 15-9-30 through 15-9-32 (Code Ann. §§ 24-1901 through 24-1903) to Ga. Laws