Official Code of Georgia Annotated
Title 44. PROPERTY · Chapter 5. ACQUISITION AND LOSS OF PROPERTY · Article 5. THE GEORGIA TRANSFERS TO MINORS ACT
44-5-111. Definitions.
Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
As used in this article, the term:
- (1)
‘‘Adult’’ means an individual who has attained the age of 21 years.#
- (2)
‘‘Benefit plan’’ means an employer’s plan for the benefit of an employee or partner or an individual retirement account.#
- (3)
‘‘Broker’’ means a person lawfully engaged in the business of effecting transactions in securities or commodities for the person’s own account or for the account of others.#
- (4)
‘‘Court’’ means the probate court in the county where the minor resides, or, if the minor is not a resident of this state, the probate court in the county where the custodian resides or has his principal place of business or where the custodial property is located.#
- (5)
‘‘Custodial property’’ means any interest in property transferred to a custodian under the authority of this article and the income from and proceeds of that interest in property.#
- (6)
‘‘Custodian’’ means a person so designated under Code Section 44-5-119 or a successor or substitute custodian designated under Code Section 44-5-128.#
- (7)
‘‘Financial institution’’ means a bank, trust company, national banking association, industrial bank, savings institution, or credit union chartered and supervised under state or federal law.#
- (8)
‘‘Guardian’’ means a person appointed or qualified by a court to act as general, limited, or temporary guardian of a minor’s property or a person legally authorized to perform substantially the same functions.#
- (9)
‘‘Legal representative’’ means an individual’s personal representative or guardian.#
- (10)
‘‘Member of the minor’s family’’ means the minor’s parent, stepparent, spouse, grandparent, brother, sister, uncle, or aunt, whether of the whole or half blood or by adoption.#
- (11)
‘‘Minor’’ means an individual who has not attained the age of 21 years.#
- (12)
‘‘Person’’ means an individual, corporation, organization, or other legal entity.#
- (13)
‘‘Personal representative’’ means an executor, administrator, successor personal representative, or special administrator of a decedent’s estate or a person legally authorized to perform substantially the same functions.#
- (14)
‘‘State’’ includes any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or possession subject to the legislative authority of the United States.#
- (15)
‘‘Transfer’’ means a transaction that creates custodial property under Code Section 44-5-119.#
- (16)
‘‘Transferor’’ means a person who makes a transfer under the authority of this article.#
- (17)
‘‘Trust company’’ means a financial institution, corporation, or other legal entity authorized to exercise general trust powers in this state.#
History
Code 1981, § 44-5-111, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 667, § 1.
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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
Text read from t44-ch1-7-(v31)-2010-pdf.pdf, Volume V31, 2010 edition, pages 479 to 481; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 490191d3dc54.