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

O.C.G.A. § 53-6-44 (2019)

Settlement of estate without administration

✓ 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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Nothing in this article shall be construed to require the probate court to vest administration in the county administrator or any other person when the heirs agree to settle the estate without administration.

History

Code 1981, § 53-6-44, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10.

Annotations

COMMENT This section carries forward the provisions of former OCGA Sec. 53-6-102. Former OCGA Secs. 53-6-50 through 53-6-54, relating to substitutions for personal representatives and guardians engaged in war service, are repealed.

ARTICLE 6 BOND RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 31 Am. Jur. 2d, Executors and Administrators, § 312 et seq. Am. Jur. Pleading and Practice

Forms. - Am. Jur. Pleading and Practice Forms, Executors and Administrators, § 249 et seq.