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title: O.C.G.A. § 29-8-3. Letters of guardianship or conservatorship; liability and rights of county guardian.
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# O.C.G.A. § 29-8-3. Letters of guardianship or conservatorship; liability and rights of county guardian.

The court shall grant to the county guardian separate letters of guardianship and to the county conservator separate letters of conservatorship upon each appointment. The county guardian and county conservator shall be subject to all liabilities and entitled to all the rights and emoluments provided for other guardians or conservators, respectively, and shall be governed by the law provided for other guardians or conservators, respectively.

## History

Code 1981, § 29-8-3, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1; Ga. L. 2025, p. 713, § 10/SB 98, effective July 1, 2025.

## Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, substituted “and to the county conservator separate letters of” for “or” in the first sentence; and, in the second sentence, inserted “and county conservator”, “, respectively,”, and “, respectively”.