O.C.G.A. § 53-6-64 (2019)
Compensation to temporary administrator
A temporary administrator may apply to the court for reasonable compensation after notice to interested parties in compliance with Chapter 11 of this title. The court shall award reasonable compensation to a temporary administrator. For good cause, including but not limited to services performed and compensation awarded to a temporary administrator, the court may reduce the compensation due the personal representative under other provisions of this article.
History
Code 1981, § 53-6-64, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1352, § 19.
Annotations
Law reviews. - For article comment-
ing on the enactment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 313 (1997).
CHAPTER 7 ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES GENERALLY Sec.
Article 1 Powers and Duties Generally Sec.
General powers and duties of personal representative; additional powers. Administration of entire estate; distribution of residuum. Powers and immunities of administrator with will annexed. Powers of temporary administrators pending appointment of personal representative and executors pending litigation of caveats to wills. Powers, duties, and liabilities if more than one personal representative; safe deposit boxes or receptacles. Power to borrow money, make and fulfill contracts, provide legal counsel, continue decedent’s business, and perform other acts. Disposition of income received during administration. Support and education of minor heirs and beneficiaries without conservators.
Article 3 Inventory
Article 2
Actions Against Personal Representatives
Allowable defenses; generally. Allowable defenses; action originating in lifetime of decedent. Survival of action. Service of notice, writ, or process. Action against removed personal administrator. Applicability of provisions relating to sureties on guardians’ or conservators’ bonds. Joint and several liability of personal representative and sureties.
Liability on common bond of two or more personal representatives. Liability of sureties on bond of removed personal representative. Action on bond for failure to settle and account with heir or beneficiary. Action on bond upon liability of decedent and return of execution marked nulla bona. Against what property judgment levied. Levy upon property; entering of judgment and issuance of execution. Property upon which execution levied.
Filing and contents. Making of inventory jointly by all personal representatives; proof of joint possession of assets. Waiver of right to receive; relieving personal representative of duty to make. Power of testator to dispense with making inventory. Failure to return a correct inventory. Article 4
Claims Against or In Favor of Estate
Liability of estate; priority of claims. Notice for creditors to render accounts; notification of creditors’ claims; requirement of reasonable additional proof or accounting; failure of creditors to give notice of claims. Time for payment of debts; time for commencing action to recover debt.
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Compelling heirs or beneficiaries to contribute to payment of debt. Satisfaction of debts. Compromise of claims.
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Recordation of final receipts; admission in evidence. Refunding bonds. PART 2
Article 5 Discharge and Resignation
Jurisdiction. Filing of petition upon termination of personal representative. Appearance before court; failure of personal representative to appear; right to appeal. Making and enforcing final settlement. Accounting for income on property administered.
Required annual filing; reporting period.