O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A. § 29-5-51 (2019)
Reimbursement for reasonable expenses
✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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Conservators shall be allowed reasonable expenses incurred in the administration of the estate, including without limitation expenses for travel, employing counsel and other agents, and the expenses and premiums incurred in securing a bond. Such reasonable expenses shall be determined after notice, if any, as the court shall direct. The conservator’s commissions are part of the expense of administering the estate and may be charged against the corpus of the estate as well as the income of the estate.
History
(Code 1981, § 29-5-51, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 60, § 29/HB 95.)
Notes of Decisions
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case, 2012–2012 · leading case: In Re Est. of Haring, 726 S.E.2d 86 (Ga. Ct. App. 2012).
In Re Est. of Haring, 726 S.E.2d 86 (Ga. Ct. App. 2012). “The probate court’s award of attorney fees to McQuien and the surety is also supported by OCGA § 29-5-51, *774 which provides: Decided March 13, 2012.”
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