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2018 Georgia Code 53-7-51 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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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 5 DISCHARGE AND RESIGNATION

53-7-51. Discharge when funds unclaimed.

If funds are in the hands of the personal representative and no person claims such funds, the probate court may nevertheless grant a discharge.

(Code 1981, §53-7-51, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10; Ga. L. 1998, p. 1586, § 36.)

COMMENT

This section carries forward the substance of former OCGA Sec. 53-7-142. See Article 5 of Chapter 2 of this Title for provisions relating to the escheat of estates upon the failure of heirs.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Editor's notes.

- In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, decisions under former Laws 1840, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 332, and former Code 1933, § 113-2304, are included in the annotations for this Code section.

Cited in Springer v. Oliver, 21 Ga. 517 (1857); Jones v. Reed, 58 Ga. App. 72, 197 S.E. 665 (1938).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 31 Am. Jur. 2d, Executors and Administrators, §§ 272, 309.

C.J.S.

- 33 C.J.S., Executors and Administrators, § 100.

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