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Title 29. GUARDIAN AND WARD · Chapter 3. CONSERVATORS OF MINORS · Article 2. RIGHTS OF MINOR AND OBLIGATIONS OF CONSERVATOR

29-3-20. Rights of minor; effect on testamentary capacity.

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

  1. (a)

    In every conservatorship, the minor has the right to:#

    1. (1)

      A qualified conservator who acts in the best interest of the minor;#

    2. (2)

      A conservator who is reasonably accessible to the minor;#

    3. (3)

      Have the minor’s property utilized as necessary to provide adequately for the minor’s support, care, education, health, and welfare; and#

    4. (4)

      Individually or through the minor’s representative or legal counsel, bring an action relating to the conservatorship.#

  2. (b)

    The appointment of a conservator is not a determination that an individual who is 14 years of age or older lacks testamentary capacity.#

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, § 29-3-20, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1.

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

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