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2018 Georgia Code 29-3-20 | Car Wreck Lawyer

TITLE 29 GUARDIAN AND WARD

Section 3. Conservators of Minors, 29-3-1 through 29-3-120.

ARTICLE 2 RIGHTS OF MINOR AND OBLIGATIONS OF CONSERVATOR

29-3-20. Rights of minor; effect on testamentary capacity.

  1. In every conservatorship, the minor has the right to:
    1. A qualified conservator who acts in the best interest of the minor;
    2. A conservator who is reasonably accessible to the minor;
    3. Have the minor's property utilized as necessary to provide adequately for the minor's support, care, education, health, and welfare; and
    4. Individually or through the minor's representative or legal counsel, bring an action relating to the conservatorship.
  2. The appointment of a conservator is not a determination that an individual who is 14 years of age or older lacks testamentary capacity.

(Code 1981, §29-3-20, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Editor's notes.

- In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, decisions under former O.C.G.A. § 29-5-7 are included in the annotations for this Code section.

Ward's right to make will.

- The appointment of a guardian for adults who are incapacitated does not destroy the ward's right or ability to make a will. Pope v. Fields, 273 Ga. 6, 536 S.E.2d 740 (2000) (decided under former O.C.G.A. § 29-5-7).

Cited in Levenson v. Oliver, 202 Ga. App. 157, 413 S.E.2d 501 (1991); Heichelbech v. Evans, 798 F. Supp. 708 (M.D. Ga. 1992).

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