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

O.C.G.A. § 53-6-52 (2019)

Reduction

✓ 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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If the value of an estate decreases, the probate court may permit a corresponding reduction in the amount of the bond, but this reduction does not affect the liability of the surety for prior waste or misconduct by the personal representative or temporary administrator.

History

Code 1981, § 53-6-52, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10.

Annotations

COMMENT This section carries forward former OCGA Sec. 53-7-36.