O.C.G.A. § 53-9-21 (2019)
Appointment of conservator
If an individual domiciled outside this state is possessed of any interest in or claim to or against any real or personal property or cause of action located in this state and would, if a domiciliary, be deemed to be missing in accordance with the provisions of Code Section 53-9-10 or if a conservator or any person serving in a similar capacity shall have been authorized to handle the property of the individual in the jurisdiction in which the individual is domiciled, the probate court may appoint a conservator of all of the interests or claims or causes of action located in this state and give direction as to the conservation of the property and its use in the interest of the missing individual or that individual’s dependents, obligees, or successors in interest. The court shall mold such order in aid of any similar orders from the jurisdiction in which the individual is domiciled, may appoint the domiciliary conservator as the conservator in this state, and may authorize delivery of property to the domiciliary conservator. Except as the court may otherwise direct, the proceedings shall conform to the provisions of Article 2 of this chapter.
History
Code 1981, § 53-9-21, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10.
CHAPTER 10 SIMULTANEOUS DEATH Sec.
Sec. Short title. Disposition of property upon simultaneous deaths where devolution depends on priority of death. Disposition of property upon simultaneous death of beneficiary and another individual
Annotations
Editor’s notes. - This chapter was effective January 1, 1998, to the extent that no vested rights of title, year’s support, succession, or inheritance are impaired, as provided by the version of Code Section 53-1-1 enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10. Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10, effective Jan-
where interest depends on survival. Disposition of property upon simultaneous death of joint owners. Applicability of chapter. Uniformity of law.
uary 1, 1998, repealed the Code sections formerly codified at this chapter, and enacted the current chapter. The former chapter consisted of §§ 53-10-1 through 53-10-4, and was based on Ga. L. 1945, p. 167, §§ 1-7; Ga. L. 1958, p. 355, §§ 1-7; Ga. L. 1959, p. 111, § 1; Ga. L. 1984, p. 937, § 6.
RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. Proof of Facts. - Proof of Survivorship in Common Disaster, 56 POF3d 255.
U.L.A. - Uniform Simultaneous Death Act (U.L.A.) § 1 et seq.