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Call Now: 904-383-7448Application may be made and partition of personal property may be obtained in the same manner and under the same regulations as are prescribed by law for obtaining a partition of lands and tenements.
(Orig. Code 1863, § 3908; Code 1868, § 3938; Code 1873, § 4008; Code 1882, § 4008; Civil Code 1895, § 4798; Civil Code 1910, § 5370; Code 1933, § 85-1707.)
- For article, "Joint Bank Accounts: A Different Form of Joint Tenancy," see 17 Ga. St. B.J. 184 (1981).
Superior courts have jurisdiction in matters of partition; therefore, a petition to a city court for a partition of personal property is a nullity and not amendable. Roberson v. Bennett, 20 Ga. App. 590, 93 S.E. 297 (1917).
Cited in Walden v. Walden, 191 Ga. 182, 12 S.E.2d 345 (1940); Verdery v. Campbell, 203 Ga. 211, 46 S.E.2d 66 (1948).
- 59 Am. Jur. 2d, Partition, § 11.
- 68 C.J.S., Partition, § 29.
- Partition: division of building, 28 A.L.R. 727.
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Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2010-10-04
Citation: 700 S.E.2d 404, 287 Ga. 897, 2010 Fulton County D. Rep. 3167, 2010 Ga. LEXIS 631
Snippet: in the form of retirement benefits. See OCGA § 44-12-1 (authorizing suit to partition personal property);