O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 53-10-6 (2019)

Uniformity of law

✓ 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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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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tice; consent to granting of relief or entry of order.