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O.C.G.A. § 29-4-96 — Power to recover property | Georgia Code

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TITLE 29 GUARDIAN AND WARD

Section 4. Guardians of Adults, 29-4-1 through 29-4-98.

ARTICLE 9 JURISDICTION

29-4-96. Power to recover property.

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 ward or accruing to the foreign guardian as such.

(Code 1981, §29-4-96, 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).

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, § 99 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 39 C.J.S., Guardian and Ward, § 187 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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