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

O.C.G.A. § 53-10-6 (2019)

Uniformity of law

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This chapter shall be so construed and interpreted as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law in those states which enact it.

History

Code 1981, § 53-10-6, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10.

Annotations

COMMENT

This section carries forward former OCGA Sec. 53-11-6.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Editor's notes. - In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, decisions under former O.C.G.A. § 53-11-6 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

Am. Jur. 2d. - 73 Am. Jur. 2d, Statutes, § 236 et seq.

C.J.S. - 82 C.J.S., Statutes, § 505 et seq.

U.L.A. - Uniform Simultaneous Death Act (U.L.A.) § 7.

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CHAPTER 11 PROCEEDINGS IN PROBATE COURT

Sec.

53-11-1. Applicability of, and compliance with, provisions.

53-11-2. (For effective date, see note.) "Guardian" defined; persons represented; appointment; successors; guardian named in petitions.

53-11-3. Personal service; generally.

53-11-4. Service where person or residence unknown, or resides outside state.

53-11-5. Additional service or notice.

53-11-6. Waiver or acknowledgment of service or notice; consent to granting of relief or entry of order.

53-11-7. Officers authorized to administer oath or affirmation or affidavit.

53-11-8. Verification of petitions.

53-11-9. Issuance of citation upon filing of petition; contents; meaning.

53-11-10. Date by which objections must be filed or on which hearing will be held.

53-11-11. Authentication or exemplification of document.

Editor's notes. - This chapter was effective January 1, 1998, to the extent that no vested rights of title, year's support, succession, or inheritance are impaired, as provided by the version of Code Section 53-1-1 enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10, as amended by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1352, § 1.

Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10, effective January 1, 1998, repealed the Code sections formerly codified at this chapter, and enacted the current chapter. The former chapter consisted of §§ 53-11-1 through 53-11-6, and was based on Ga. L. 1966, p. 606, §§ 1-5, 7.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Proof of Survivorship in Common Disaster, 56 POF3d 255.