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O.C.G.A. § 53-5-36 — Jurisdiction | Georgia Code

O.C.G.A. § 53-5-36 (2018) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Scholar Amendments

TITLE 53 WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES

Section 5. Probate, 53-5-1 through 53-5-71.

ARTICLE 5 FOREIGN AND OUT-OF-STATE WILLS; NONDOMICILIARIES

53-5-36. Jurisdiction.

The probate court of any county in this state in which is located any property owned by the decedent or any cause of action of which the decedent was possessed at death the venue of which lies in this state shall have original or ancillary jurisdiction of a foreign or out-of-state will.

(Code 1981, §53-5-36, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10.)

COMMENT

This section describes the county in which the ancillary or original probate of foreign or out-of-state wills will take place.

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