O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 53-11-8 (2019)

Verification of petitions

✓ 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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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.

History

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

Annotations

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.