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Title 29. GUARDIAN AND WARD · Chapter 4. GUARDIANS OF ADULTS · Article 9. JURISDICTION · Part 4. RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF FOREIGN GUARDIANS

29-4-95. ‘‘Foreign guardian’’ defined; sale of ward’s property.

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

  1. (a)

    For purposes of this part, a ‘‘foreign guardian’’ is a guardian or other person who has been given responsibility by a court of competent jurisdiction in another state or territory governed by the Constitution of the United States for the care of an incapacitated adult referred to as the ‘‘ward’’ and whose guardianship has not been transferred to and accepted in this state pursuant to the provisions of Article 3 of Chapter 11 of this title.#

  2. (b)

    Any foreign guardian of a ward who resides in any other state and who is authorized to sell and convey property of the ward may sell property of the ward which is in this state, under the rules and regulations prescribed for the sale of real estate by conservators of this state, provided that the foreign guardian must file and have recorded in the court or other proper court, at the time of petitioning for sale, an authenticated copy of the letters of appointment and must also file with the court or other proper authority bond with good and sufficient security in double the value of the property to be sold for the faithful execution of the guardianship as provided by law.#

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, § 29-4-95, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1; Ga. L. 2016, p. 563, § 4/HB 954.

Other notes

The 2016 amendment, effective July 1, 2016, substituted ‘‘Article 3 of Chapter 11 of this title’’ for ‘‘Part 2 of this article’’ at the end of subsection (a).

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

Text read from t27-t30-(v22)-2018-pdf.pdf, Volume V22, 2018 edition, pages 633 to 634; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 62359f240c92.