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2018 Georgia Code 29-2-75 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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TITLE 29 GUARDIAN AND WARD

Section 2. Guardians of Minors, 29-2-1 through 29-2-77.

ARTICLE 6 JURISDICTION

29-2-75. Right of foreign guardian to bring action to enforce rights of minor.

A foreign guardian may institute an action in any court in this state to enforce any right or to recover any property belonging to the minor or accruing to the foreign guardian as such.

(Code 1981, §29-2-75, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Editor's notes.

- In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, decisions under Ga. L. 1850, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 341 are included in the annotations for this Code section.

Actions ex contractu and ex delicto not distinguished.

- Georgia Laws 1850, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 341 does not warrant distinction between actions ex contractu and actions ex delicto. Averitt v. Pope, 30 Ga. 660 (1860) (decided under Ga. L. 1850, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 341).

Ward reaching majority during pendency of suit by nonresident guardian may be substituted as plaintiff in lieu of guardian. Sims ex rel. Talbot v. Renwick, 25 Ga. 38 (1858) (decided under Ga. L. 1850, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 341).

Cited in Ponder v. Foster, 23 Ga. 489 (1857); Goodwin v. Bowers, 169 Ga. 36, 149 S.E. 567 (1929); Burns v. Phillips, 50 F.R.D. 187 (N.D. Ga. 1970).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 39 Am. Jur. 2d, Guardian and Ward, § 217 et seq.

13 Am. Jur. Pleading and Practice Forms, Guardian and Ward, § 474 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 39 C.J.S., Guardian and Ward, § 274 et seq.

ALR.

- Capacity of guardian to sue or to be sued outside state where appointed, 94 A.L.R.2d 162.

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