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O.C.G.A. § 53-7-11 — Allowable defenses; action originating in lifetime of decedent | Georgia Code
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TITLE 53 WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES

Section 7. Administration of Estates Generally, 53-7-1 through 53-7-78.

ARTICLE 2 ACTIONS AGAINST PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES

53-7-11. Allowable defenses; action originating in lifetime of decedent.

When the cause of action originated in the lifetime of the decedent, a personal representative may make any defense or pleading which the decedent could have made if alive.

(Code 1981, §53-7-11, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10.)

COMMENT

This section carries forward former OCGA Sec. 53-7-49.

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