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O.C.G.A. § 53-10-5 — Applicability of chapter | Georgia Code

O.C.G.A. § 53-10-5 (2018) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Scholar Amendments

TITLE 53 WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES

Section 10. Simultaneous Death, 53-10-1 through 53-10-6.

ARTICLE 3 NONDOMICILIARIES

53-10-5. Applicability of chapter.

This chapter shall not apply in the case of wills, trusts, deeds, contracts of insurance, or any other situation where provision is made for distribution of property different from that provided in this chapter or where provision is made for a presumption as to survivorship which results in a distribution of property different from that provided in this chapter.

(Code 1981, §53-10-5, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10.)

COMMENT

This section carries forward former OCGA Sec. 53-11-5.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Editor's notes.

- In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, decisions under former O.C.G.A. § 53-11-5 are included in the annotations for this Code section.

Cited in Fiumefreddo v. Scudder, 252 Ga. 279, 313 S.E.2d 683 (1984).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

C.J.S.

- 25A C.J.S., Death, §§ 6, 7, 15, 16.

U.L.A.

- Uniform Simultaneous Death Act (U.L.A.) § 6.

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