O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A. § 29-7-8 (2019)
Qualifications of VA guardian
✓ 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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Before making an appointment under this chapter, the court hearing the petition shall be satisfied that the VA guardian whose appointment is sought is a fit and proper person to be appointed. The nomination of a person by the department shall be prima-facie evidence of the person’s fitness. A qualified individual shall ordinarily be preferred for appointment as VA guardian, but the court may, in the court’s discretion, appoint any qualified person as VA guardian.
History
(Code 1981, § 29-7-8, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1.)