44-6-62. Effect of defeat of estate on remainder.

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Since no particular estate is necessary to sustain a remainder, the defeat of the particular estate for any cause does not destroy the remainder.

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

Orig. Code 1863, § 2246; Code 1868, § 2238; Code 1873, § 2264; Code 1882, § 2264; Civil Code 1895, § 3099; Civil Code 1910, § 3675; Code 1933, § 85-702; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 44.

Law reviews

For article discussing destructibility of contingent remainders, see 3 Ga. B.J. 57 (1940). For article, ‘‘Descendible Future Interests in Georgia: The Effect of the Preference for Early Vesting,’’ see 7 Ga. L. Rev. 443 (1973). For article, ‘‘The Rule Against Perpetuities as Applied to Georgia Wills and Trusts,’’ see 16 Ga. L. Rev. 235 (1982).

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