O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 53-11-1 (2019)

Applicability of, and compliance with, provisions

✓ 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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Except as otherwise specifically provided, the provisions of this chapter shall apply to any proceeding in the probate court that arises under Chapters 1 through 10, 12, and 13 of this title. Compliance with the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to be sufficient for proceedings in the probate court arising under Chapters 1 through 10, 12, and 13 of this title except as otherwise provided in those chapters and in Chapter 11 of Title 9 and Chapter 9 of Title 15.

History

Code 1981, § 53-11-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1352, § 26; Ga. L. 2020, p. 377, § 1-62/HB 865.

The 2020 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, inserted ‘‘, 12, and 13’’ twice in this Code section.

Annotations

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ing on the 1997 amendment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 313 (1997). COMMENT This Chapter provides uniform provisions governing proceedings in the probate court relating to testate and intestate estates and year’s support. The provisions of this Chapter supplement but do not supersede the provisions of the Georgia Civil Practice Act (Title 9, Chapter 11) or the provisions of Title 15 that relate to the probate courts. JUDICIAL DECISIONS Cited in In re Estate of Ehlers, 289 Ga. App. 14, 656 S.E.2d 169 (2007).

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1984–2007 · leading case: Fiumefreddo v. Scudder, 313 S.E.2d 683 (Ga. 1984).

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Fiumefreddo v. Scudder, 313 S.E.2d 683 (Ga. 1984). · cites it 2× “OCGA § 53-11-1 et seq. (Code Ann. § 113-2901 et seq.”

Bland v. Ussery, 322 S.E.2d 335 (Ga. Ct. App. 1984). · cites it 2× “We note that even should the provisions of the Uniform Simultaneous Death Act (OCGA § 53-11-1 et seq.) or OCGA § 33-24-42 be applied here, the record is equally silent as to whether Nolan Ussery murdered Glenice Ussery so that a question of fact remains whether the provisions of…”

In re Est. of Ehlers, 656 S.E.2d 169 (Ga. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “OCGA§§ 53-11-1; 53-11-4 (a), (c); 53-11-9.”

Est. of Cervin v. Comm'r, 68 T.C.M. 1115 (Tax Ct. 1994). “It is improper to take into account the imminence of an insured spouse's death in determining the value of the owner's interest because the Georgia Simultaneous Death Act makes the actual order of death irrelevant.”

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