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2018 Georgia Code 53-2-6 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 53-2-6 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 53-2-6

TITLE 53 WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES

Section 2. Descent and Distribution, 53-2-1 through 53-2-51.

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

53-2-6. Individual related to decedent through two or more lines of relationship.

An individual who is related to the decedent through two or more lines of relationship is entitled to only a single share based on the relationship entitling that individual to the largest share under the laws of intestacy.

(Code 1981, §53-2-6, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10.)

COMMENT

This section is modeled after Uniform Probate Code Sec. 2-113. This section had no counterpart in former OCGA Title 53.

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 53-2-6

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Skelton v. Skelton, 308 S.E.2d 838 (Ga. 1983).

Cited 65 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Nov 16, 1983 | 251 Ga. 631

...§ 113-210) provides "A will executed under a mistake of fact as to the existence or conduct of an heir at law of the testator is inoperative, insofar as the heir at law is concerned, and the testator shall be deemed to have died intestate as to him." [5] OCGA § 53-2-6 (Code Ann....
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In Re Est. of Diaz, 524 S.E.2d 219 (Ga. 1999).

Cited 4 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Nov 22, 1999 | 271 Ga. 742, 99 Fulton County D. Rep. 4130

...ce of undue influence. *222 Undue influence upon the testator will be found to exist only if such influence deprives the testator of her free agency and substitutes the will of another person for her own at the time the will is executed. Former OCGA § 53-2-6; see OCGA § 53-4-12; Bohlen v....
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Green v. Jones, 326 S.E.2d 448 (Ga. 1985).

Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Feb 26, 1985 | 254 Ga. 35

...There was insufficient evidence to indicate that there was anything that destroyed Mrs. Green's "freedom of volition, such as fraudulent practice upon [her] fears, affections, or sympathies; duress; or any undue influence whereby the will of another [was] substituted" for her wishes. OCGA § 53-2-6....