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# O.C.G.A. § 24-14-2. Change of burden in discretion of court.

What amount of evidence will change the onus or burden of proof shall be a question to be decided in each case by the sound discretion of the court.

## History

Code 1981, § 24-14-2, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.

## Law Reviews

For note discussing shifting burden of persuasion in will contests involving undue influence in Georgia, see 22 Ga. B.J. 555 (1960).

For note, “Georgia’s Approach to Pro-portionality and Sanctions for the Spoliation of Electronically Stored Information,” see 37 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 603 (2021).