O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 53-12-194 (2019)

Effect of Code Sections 53-12-190 through 53-12-193 as to forfeiture or reversion of trust property or failure of trust

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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Nothing contained in Code Sections 53-12-190 through 53-12-193 shall cause or be construed to cause a forfeiture or reversion of any of

the property of a trust which is subject to such Code sections or to make the purposes of such trust impossible of accomplishment.

History

Code 1981, § 53-12-194, enacted by Ga. L. 2010, p. 579, § 1/SB 131.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2009–2014 · leading case: Heiman v. Mayfield, 686 S.E.2d 284 (Ga. Ct. App. 2009).
Heiman v. Mayfield, 686 S.E.2d 284 (Ga. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 8× “Heiman of liability for the acts alleged, the provisions are void pursuant to OCGA § 53-12-194 (a) and, therefore, cannot support the counterclaim for breach [of the release].”
Roger F. Kahn v. Daniel Lamar Britt, Jr., 765 S.E.2d 446 (Ga. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “4 While former OCGA § 53-12-194 (a) provided that “[n]o provision in a trust instrument is effective to relieve the trustee of liability for breach of trust committed in bad faith or intentionally or with reckless indifference to the interest of the beneficiary[,]” the document…”
Comm'r, 2000 T.C. Memo. 324 (1970). · cites it 2× “, section 53-12-194(a) , infra, and unless the provision in the trust instrument is violative of public policy.”
Roger F. Kahn v. Daniel Lamar Britt, Jr. (Ga. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “4 While former OCGA § 53-12-194 (a) provided that “[n]o provision in a trust instrument is effective to relieve the trustee of liability for breach of trust committed in bad faith or intentionally or with reckless indifference to the interest of the beneficiary[,]” the document…”
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