O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 44-6-64 (2019)

Creation of remainders by parol

✓ 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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Estates in remainder may not be created by parol.

History

(Orig. Code 1863, § 2250; Code 1868, § 2242; Code 1873, § 2268; Code 1882, § 2268; Civil Code 1895, § 3103; Civil Code 1910, § 3679; Code 1933, § 85-705.)

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Former Civil Code 1910, § 3744, allowing trustees to be removed upon petition by the beneficiaries, must be construed in connection with and in the light of former Civil Code 1910, § 3679 (see O.C.G.A. § 44-6-64). Nelson v. Estill, 175 Ga. 526, 165 S.E. 820 (1932).

Remainder by parol held not attempted. - See Alderman v. Chester, 34 Ga. 152 (1865). Cited in Cooper v. Davis, 174 Ga. 670, 163 S.E. 736 (1932); Milton v. Milton, 192 Ga. 778, 16 S.E.2d 573 (1941).

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 72 Am. Jur. 2d, Statute of Frauds, § 49 et seq.

C.J.S. - 37 C.J.S., Frauds, Statute of, § 69.