O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 44-6-174 (2019)

Partition of realty by life tenants - Cumulative effect

✓ 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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The right of partition provided by Code Sections 44-6-172 and 44-6-173 shall be cumulative to existing laws.

History

(Ga. L. 1961, p. 228, § 3.)

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Statute relates only to owner of undivided interest in life estate in real property and not to the sole owner of a life estate. Williams v. Colleran, 230 Ga. 56, 195 S.E.2d 413 (1973) (see O.C.G.A. § 44-6-174).

Prior right to sell land unaffected by statute. - If a life tenant had a right to sell the land upon petition prior to the enactment of this statute, it was not taken away by this statute. Williams v. Colleran, 230 Ga. 56, 195 S.E.2d 413 (1973) (see O.C.G.A. § 44-6-174).

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Subpart 3 Uniform Partition of Heirs Property

Effective date. - This subpart became effective January 1, 2013.

Editor's notes. - Ga. L. 2012, p. 97, § 1/HB 744, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "This Act shall be known and may be cited as the 'Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act.'"