O.C.G.A.
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.
If the value of the ward’s bonded estate decreases, the court may permit a corresponding reduction in the value of the bond, but this reduction does not affect the liability of the surety for prior waste or misconduct of the conservator.
History
(Code 1981, § 29-5-42, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1.)
Annotations
JUDICIAL DECISIONS Cited in Estate of Gladstone, No. S17G1472, 2018 Ga. LEXIS 292 (May 5, 2018). RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 39 Am. Jur. 2d, Guardian and Ward, §§ 67, 188 et seq. C.J.S. - 39 C.J.S., Guardian and Ward, §§ 13, 14, 35, 36, 50 et seq., 283 et seq. ALR. - Leave of court as prerequisite to action on statutory bond, 2 A.L.R. 563.
Official bond of executor, administrator, guardian, or trustee as covering appeal taken by him, 132 A.L.R. 1280.
Notes of Decisions
in Re Est. of Gladstone, 303 Ga. 547 (Ga. 2018).
· cites it 2× “See OCGA § 29-5-42 (reduction in bond allowed if value of ward’s estate decreases); see also In re Hudson, 300 Ga.”
In re Est. of Gladstone, 814 S.E.2d 1 (Ga. 2018).
· cites it 2× “" The bond "shall be in an amount equal to the estimated value of the estate if secured by a licensed commercial surety authorized to transact business in this state," OCGA § 29-5-41 (c), and is "[p]ayable to the court for the benefit of the ward" and "[c]onditioned upon the…”
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