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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 29. GUARDIAN AND WARD · Chapter 2. GUARDIANS OF MINORS · Article 1. MINORS · Part 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

29-2-1. Categories of guardians for minors.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. Guardians of minors may be categorized as follows:

  2. (1)

    Natural guardians;#

  3. (2)

    Testamentary guardians;#

  4. (3)

    Temporary guardians;#

  5. (4)

    Standby guardians; and#

  6. (5)

    Permanent guardians.#

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

Code 1981, § 29-2-1, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1.

Cross references

Service of process on guardian of incapacitated adult, § 9-11-4(l)(4).

Law reviews

For survey article citing developments in Georgia juvenile court practice and procedure from mid-1980 through mid-1981, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 167 (1981).

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