O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 53-12-24 (2019)

Non-merger

✓ 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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No trust shall be invalid or terminated and no merger of title to trust property shall occur merely because the trustee or trustees are the same person or persons as the beneficiary or beneficiaries of the trust.

History

Code 1981, § 53-12-24, enacted by Ga. L. 2010, p. 579, § 1/SB 131.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1990–2006 · leading case: Whitlock v. Lawson, 397 S.E.2d 433 (Ga. 1990).

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Whitlock v. Lawson, 397 S.E.2d 433 (Ga. 1990). · cites it 2× “See OCGA § 53-12-24; Redfearn, Wills and Administration in Georgia, § 193 (Harrison Co.”

Chattowah Open Land Trust, Inc. v. Jones, 636 S.E.2d 523 (Ga. 2006). · cites it 2× “Irrespective of this contention, however, OCGA § 53-12-24 (a) provides that, in Georgia, a “trustee must have legal capacity under Georgia law to acquire, hold, and transfer title to property.”

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