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2018 Georgia Code 53-4-71 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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TITLE 53 WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES

Section 4. Wills, 53-4-1 through 53-4-75.

ARTICLE 6 CONSTRUCTION OF WILL; TESTAMENTARY GIFTS

53-4-71. Compensation to defeated beneficiary electing against will.

If, pursuant to Code Sections 53-4-69 and 53-4-70, an election is made against the will, the defeated beneficiary shall be entitled to compensation out of the property bequeathed to the person who made the election, up to the value of the defeated testamentary gift.

(Code 1981, §53-4-71, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10.)

Cross references.

- Equitable principles governing elections between benefits, § 23-1-24.

Applicability of section to deeds, § 44-5-37.

COMMENT

This section carries over former OCGA Sec. 53-2-114. Former OCGA Sec. 53-2-113 (dealing with election for an incompetent beneficiary) is repealed.

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