O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 53-6-42 (2019)

Power of court to revoke letters of administration, require additional security, or pass other order

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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The probate court may, for good cause shown, as provided in Code Sections 29-3-82, 29-5-92, and 53-7-14, revoke the letters of administration of the county administrator or letters of guardianship of the county administrator, require additional security on the county administrator’s bond, or pass such other order as is expedient and necessary for the good of any particular estate in the hands of any county administrator.

History

Code 1981, § 53-6-42, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10; Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 9.

Annotations

Editor’s notes. - Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 16, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: ‘‘This Act shall become

effective on July 1, 2005, and all appointments of guardians of the person or property made pursuant to former Title 29 shall continue in effect and shall thereafter be governed by the provisions of this Act.’’

COMMENT This section carries forward the provisions of former OCGA Sec. 53-6-98.