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2018 Georgia Code 44-6-174 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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O.C.G.A. 44-6-174 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 44-6-174

TITLE 44 PROPERTY

Section 6. Estates, 44-6-1 through 44-6-206.

ARTICLE 7 TENANCY IN COMMON

44-6-174. Partition of realty by life tenants - Cumulative effect.

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

(Ga. L. 1961, p. 228, § 3.)

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).

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.'"

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