O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 29-5-140 (2019)

Payments to foreign conservator on debts or return of property belonging to ward

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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(a) A person who is indebted to or has possession of tangible or intangible property of a ward may pay the debt or deliver the property to a foreign conservator of the ward. Payment of the debt or delivery of the property may be made upon proof of appointment and proof that the foreign conservator has been appointed and is entitled to debt payment or to receive delivery of the property.

(b) Payment of the debt or delivery of the property in response to the demand discharges the debtor or possessor, unless the debtor or possessor has knowledge of proceedings for the appointment of a guardian, conservator, or other protective proceeding in this state.

History

(Code 1981, § 29-5-140, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1.)

Annotations

Editor’s notes. - Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 16, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that: ‘‘all appointments of guardians of the person or prop-

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Ordering of conservatorship. Requirement to deposit excess funds in FDIC insured account. Compensation of judges. Bonding requirements. Circumstances under which custodial property shall be returned.

erty made pursuant to former Title 29 shall continue in effect and shall thereafter be governed by the provisions of this Act.’’

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, §§ 58, 80, 109, 261, 262.