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O.C.G.A. § 53-11-8 — Verification of petitions | Georgia Code

O.C.G.A. § 53-11-8 (2018) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Scholar Amendments

TITLE 53 WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES

Section 11. Proceedings in Probate Court, 53-11-1 through 53-11-11.

ARTICLE 3 NONDOMICILIARIES

53-11-8. Verification of petitions.

Every petition filed in the probate court shall be verified by the oath of the petitioner and shall be sworn to or affirmed before the probate court or a notary public.

(Code 1981, §53-11-8, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10.)

COMMENT

This section requires the verification of every petition filed in a probate court that relates to testate estates, intestate estates, and year's support. The verification may be sworn or affirmed before the probate judge, the clerk of the probate court or any notary public. For general provisions relating to notaries public, see Code Sec. 53-11-7. For general rules regarding the filing of petitions in the probate court, see OCGA Secs. 15-9-86 and 15-9-86.1.

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