Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 23. EQUITY · Chapter 2. GROUNDS FOR EQUITABLE RELIEF · Article 5. ADMINISTRATION OF ASSETS GENERALLY

23-2-96. When equitable assets may be reached by creditor.

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Equitable assets may be reached by a creditor in every case where he shows that there is danger of not being satisfied out of legal assets.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Orig. Code 1863, § 3084; Code 1868, § 3096; Code 1873, § 3153; Code 1882, § 3153; Civil Code 1895, § 4004; Civil Code 1910, § 4601; Code 1933, § 37-408.

Law reviews

For article, ‘‘Retirement Benefits: Protection from Creditors’ Claims,’’ see 24 Ga. St. B.J. 118 (1988). For note, ‘‘Georgia Becomes A Quasi Community Property State,’’see 17 Ga. St. B.J. 134 (1981). For comment, ‘‘The Georgia Supreme Court’s Creation of an Equitable Interest in Marital Property — Yours? Mine? Ours!,’’ see 34 Mercer L. Rev. 449 (1982).

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