O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 53-5-34 (2019)

Effect of admission to ancillary probate

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If a foreign will or an out-of-state will is admitted to ancillary probate in this state, the validity and terms of the will shall be given effect under the laws of the domiciliary jurisdiction.

History

Code 1981, § 53-5-34, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10.

Annotations

COMMENT This section provides that wills that have already been probated or established in another state or territory or country shall take effect under the laws of that jurisdiction rather than under the laws of the state of Georgia. This section changes the common law rule that the validity of a will that devised real property was judged under the laws of the situs of the property.