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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-6-181. Application; determination of heirs property.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-6-181. Application; determination of heirs property.

(a) This subpart shall apply to partition actions filed on or after January 1, 2013.

(b) In an action to partition real property under Subpart 1 or 2 of this part, the court shall determine whether the property is heirs property. If the court determines that the property is heirs property, the property shall be partitioned pursuant to this subpart unless all of the cotenants otherwise agree in a record.

## History

Code 1981, § 44-6-181, enacted by Ga. L. 2012, p. 97, § 2/HB 744; Ga. L. 2013, p. 141, § 44/HB 79.

## Amendments

The 2013 amendment, effective April 24, 2013, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, revised capitalization in the first sentence of subsection (b).