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). “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). “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). “, 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). “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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