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2018 Georgia Code 29-6-2 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 29-6-2 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 29-6-2

TITLE 29 GUARDIAN AND WARD

Section 6. Judges of Probate Courts as Custodians of Certain Funds, 29-6-1 through 29-6-9.

ARTICLE 13 FOREIGN CONSERVATORS

29-6-2. Employment of counsel; payment of counsel's fees.

The judge of the probate court is authorized, in the judge's discretion, to employ counsel to bring an action to recover any amount due to a minor or adult described in Code Section 29-6-1, in the minor's or adult's name or in the name of the judge as custodian, in any court having jurisdiction thereof. The judge of the probate court shall have authority to pay to counsel a reasonable fee out of the funds collected for counsel's services in the proceeding which were necessary to enforce the right of the minor or adult.

(Code 1981, §29-6-2, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

C.J.S.

- 39 C.J.S., Guardian and Ward, §§ 114, 225, 226, 273.

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 29-6-2

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Cross v. Stokes, 572 S.E.2d 538 (Ga. 2002).

Cited 11 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Nov 12, 2002 | 275 Ga. 872, 2002 Fulton County D. Rep. 3319

...One of the statutory procedures for appointment of a DVA guardian is "[w]henever... the secretary of veterans affairs, requires, prior to payment of benefits, that a guardian be appointed for a ward, the appointment shall be made in the manner provided in this chapter." OCGA § 29-6-2....
...After she died in 1994, the probate court, on the petition of Mr. Robertson's minister, appointed appellant John Cross as Mr. Robertson's guardian. [2] "An adult [war] veteran ... for whom a guardian has been appointed under the provisions of [OCGA §§ 29-6-2, 29-6-3 for the receipt of VA benefits] ......