O.C.G.A. § 53-3-21 (2019)
Appointment of temporary administrator
If there is no personal representative of the decedent’s estate, the probate court may appoint a temporary administrator as provided in Code Section 53-6-30 to perform the duties of a personal representative under subsection (b) of Code Section 53-3-7 or under subsection (b) of Code Section 53-3-12; provided, however, that the appointment of such temporary administrator shall not alter or affect the citation, notice, and mailing requirements of Code Section 53-3-6.
History
Code 1981, § 53-3-21, enacted by Ga. L. 2020, p. 377, § 1-12/HB 865.
Effective date. - This Code section became effective January 1, 2021.
CHAPTER 4 WILLS Sec.
Article 1 General Provisions Sec.
Power of testator. When will takes effect. Determination whether instrument is will. Incorporation of extrinsic documents into will. Written statement or list disposing of items of tangible personal property.
Article 2
Minimum age; conviction of crime. Decided and rational desire; incapacity to contract; insanity; advanced age or eccentricity. Freedom of volition. Article 3
Article 6 Construction of Will; Testamentary Gifts
Execution and Attestation
Testamentary Capacity
(See Editor’s notes.) Required writing; signing; witnesses; codicil. Knowledge of contents of will by testator. Competency of witness. Testamentary gift to witness or witness’s spouse. Self-proved will or codicil.
Article 4 Joint or Mutual Wills
Contract concerning sion. Definitions. Effect of execution. Revocation.
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Article 5
Revocation and Republication
Power of testator. Intent. Express or implied revocation.
Subsequent will or other written instrument. Destruction or obliteration of will or material portion thereof. Revival or republication of previous will. Presumption of intent. Effect of implied revocation. Effect of testator’s marriage, or birth or adoption of child; provision in will for class of children. Effect of testator’s divorce, annulment, or remarriage to former spouse. Republication of revoked will.
Construction of wills; intention of testator. Construction of wills; parol evidence. Partial illegality of will. Failure to provide for living child believed dead. Specific, demonstrative, general, or residuary testamentary gifts. Income, profit, or increase of specific testamentary gifts. Time at which general or demonstrative testamentary gift bears interest. Testamentary gift to charity. Payment of debts of testator and expenses of estate administrator. Death of beneficiary before will executed or before death of testator. Disposition of lapsed or void testamentary gift of residuum. Ademption or destruction of specific testamentary gift. Exchange, loss, theft, destruc-
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tion, or condemnation of testamentary gift. Conditions that are impossible, illegal, or against public policy; conditions in terrorem. Election by beneficiary with claim adverse to will. Election by beneficiary owning testamentary gift of property. Compensation to defeated beneficiary electing against will.
Annotations
Editor’s notes. - This chapter was effective January 1, 1998, to the extent that no vested rights of title, year’s support, succession, or inheritance are impaired, as provided by the version of Code Section 53-1-1 enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10, as amended by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1352, § 1. Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10, effective January 1, 1998, repealed the Code sections formerly codified at this chapter, and enacted the current chapter. The former chapter consisted of §§ 53-4-1 through 53-4-54, and was based on Laws 1766, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 292; Laws 1804, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 291; Laws 1810, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 253; Laws 1812, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 292; Laws 1816, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 293; Laws 1821, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 293; Laws 1827, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 294; Laws 1829, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 295; Laws 1841, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 296; Laws 1843, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 296; Laws 1845, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 297; Laws 1850, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 299; Ga. L. 1853-54, p. 41, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1855, p. 227, § 2; Ga. L. 1859, p. 35, § 1; Ga. L. 1859, p. 36, § 2; Orig. Code 1863, §§ 1711, 1712, 1751, 1752, 2226, 2451, 2452, 2454, 2455, 2530,
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Passing of after-acquired property. Disposition of heart pacemakers. Pecuniary marital deduction testamentary gift or transfer. Construction of wills and trust instruments referring to federal estate and generation-skipping transfer tax laws [Repealed].
2537-2545, 2628; Ga. L. 1865-66, p. 85, § 1; Ga. L. 1865-66, p. 102, § 1; Code 1868, §§ 1751, 1752, 1791, 1792, 2220, 2447-2450, 2529, 2538-2547, 2628; Ga. L. 1871-72, p. 48, § 1; Code 1873, §§ 1761, 1762, 1800, 1801, 2246, 2483-2486, 2570, 2579-2588, 2670; Ga. L. 1882-83, p. 47, § 1; Ga. L. 1882-83, p. 66, § 1; Code 1882, §§ 1761, 1762, 1800, 1801, 2246, 2483-2486, 2570, 2579-2588, 2670; Ga. L. 1884-85, p. 135, § 1; Civil Code 1895, §§ 2510, 2511, 3081, 3353-3355, 3357, 3358, 3464, 3474-3483, 3576; Civil Code 1910, §§ 3029, 3030, 3657, 3929-3931, 3933, 3934, 4040, 4052-4061, 4156; Ga. L. 1922, p. 47, § 1; Ga. L. 1931, p. 114, § 1; Code 1933, §§ 85-1102, 113-901 through 113-905, 113-907, 113-908, 113-1001, 113-1013 through 113-1022; Ga. L. 1941, p. 331, § 1; Ga. L. 1943, p. 236, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1947, p. 1141, § 1; Ga. L. 1952, p. 288, §§ 1, 3; Ga. L. 1958, p. 361, §§ 1-8; Ga. L. 1959, p. 299, § 1; Ga. L. 1964, p. 139, § 1; Ga. L. 1967, p. 746, §§ 1-4; Ga. L. 1968, p. 1093, § 1; Ga. L. 1971, p. 403, § 2; Ga. L. 1972, p. 880, § 1; Ga. L. 1980, p. 1432, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 53; Ga. L. 1985, p. 1257, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 632, § 1; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1720, §§ 18, 19; Ga. L. 1991, p. 660, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 53.
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ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS