Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 44. PROPERTY · Chapter 13. EXEMPTIONS FROM LEVY AND SALE · Article 1. CONSTITUTIONAL EXEMPTIONS · Part 2. WAIVER OF EXEMPTIONS

44-13-43. Spouse or dependent claiming exemption for debtor may not claim own exemption.

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A person eligible under Code Section 44-13-2 to claim a debtor’s exemption as a spouse or dependent of the debtor may not, during the time the debtor’s exemption is allowed that person as spouse or dependent, be granted an exemption in that person’s own right under this article.

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, § 44-13-43, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 1170, § 2.

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