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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 29. GUARDIAN AND WARD · Chapter 3. CONSERVATORS OF MINORS · Article 1. PROPERTY

29-3-6. Power to appoint conservator.

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

  1. (a)

    The court of the county in which a minor is found or in which the proposed conservator is domiciled shall have the power to appoint a conservator for the minor.#

  2. (b)

    If a nonresident minor has property in this state, the judge of the court of the county in which the property is located may appoint a conservator who shall have control only over such property.#

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, § 29-3-6, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1; Ga. L. 2006, p. 805, § 6/SB 534.

Cross references

Jurisdiction of courts to appoint guardian of child, § 15-11-6. Appointment of guardian ad litem in probate proceedings, § 53-3-19 (Pre-1998 Probate Code). Provision that surviving spouse under 18 years may take share of estate without intervention of guardian, § 53-4-2(3) (Pre-1998 Probate Code).

Law reviews

For article recommending more consistency in age requirements of laws pertaining to the welfare of minors, see 6 Ga. St. B.J. 189 (1969). For article, ‘‘Trusts for Dependents: Effect of Georgia’s Support Obligation on Federal Income Taxation,’’ see 8 Ga. St. B.J. 323 (1972). For article, ‘‘Wills, Trusts & Administration of Estates,’’ see 53 Mercer L. Rev. 499 (2001).

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

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