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

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

29-6-6. Requirement to deposit excess funds in FDIC insured account.

When any funds due and owing a minor or adult come into the hands of the judge of the probate court and the funds are not needed for the support, care, education, health, and welfare of the minor or adult, it shall be the duty of the judge to place the funds in an account insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in the name of the judge as custodian for the minor or adult. There shall be no further liability against the judge or the judge's bond when the deposit is made in good faith.

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

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 29-6-6

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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

...We conclude the probate court was empowered to issue a declaratory judgment in the case at bar. 3. Appellant contends that OCGA § 29-6-11(c) is not applicable to him because it is expressly limited to "a guardian under this chapter" and he was not appointed as a DVA guardian of the testator pursuant to *543 OCGA § 29-6-6(a), but as a "general" guardian, the guardian of an incapacitated adult's person and property....