O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 53-2-26 (2019)

Effect of findings of court

✓ 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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In the absence of fraud, the findings of the superior court or the probate court shall be binding and conclusive as to every person and as to every issue decided.

History

Code 1981, § 53-2-26, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10.

Annotations

COMMENT This section carries over paragraph (a) of OCGA Sec. 53-4-37. RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 23 Am. Jur. 2d, Descent and Distribution, § 115. C.J.S. - 26B C.J.S., Descent and Distribution, §§ 87, 88. ALR. - Concealment of or failure to disclose existence of person interested in estate as extrinsic fraud which will sup-

port attack on judgment in probate proceedings, 113 A.L.R. 1235. Judgment denying validity of will because of undue influence, lack of mental capacity, or the like, as res judicata as to validity of another will, deed, or other instrument, 25 A.L.R.2d 657.