TITLE 53
WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES
ARTICLE 17
GEORGIA PRINCIPAL AND INCOME ACT
53-12-391. Payment of expenses.
Expenses incurred in connection with the settlement of a decedent's estate or the winding up of a terminating income interest, including interest and penalties concerning taxes, fees of attorneys and personal representatives and trustees, and court costs, may be charged against the principal or income in the discretion of the personal representative or trustee.
(Code 1981, §53-12-391, enacted by Ga. L. 2010, p. 579, § 1/SB 131.)
53-12-400. When the right to income begins and ends.
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An income beneficiary shall be entitled to net income from the date on which the income interest begins. An income interest shall begin on the date specified in the terms of the trust or, if no date is specified, on the date an asset becomes subject to a trust or successive income interest.
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An asset shall become subject to a trust:
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On the date it is transferred to the trust in the case of an asset that is transferred to a trust during the transferor's life;
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On the date of a testator's death in the case of an asset that becomes subject to a trust by reason of a will, even if there is an intervening period of administration of the testator's estate; or
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On the date of an individual's death in the case of an asset that is transferred to a fiduciary by a third party because of such individual's death.
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An asset shall become subject to a successive income interest on the day after the preceding income interest ends, as determined under subsection (d) of this Code section, even if there is an intervening period of administration to wind up the preceding income interest.
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An income interest shall end on the day before an income beneficiary dies or another terminating event occurs, or on the last day of a period during which there is no beneficiary to whom a trustee may distribute income.
(Code 1981, §53-12-400, enacted by Ga. L. 2010, p. 579, § 1/SB 131.)