O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 29-5-136 (2019)

Conservator's power to bring suit

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A foreign conservator 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 conservator in his or her capacity as conservator.

History

(Code 1981, § 29-5-136, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1.)

Annotations

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, § 152 et seq.

C.J.S. - 39 C.J.S., Guardian and Ward, § 255 et seq.

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