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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-6-65. Creation of remainder for persons not in being; vested remainder subject to open.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-6-65. Creation of remainder for persons not in being; vested remainder subject to open.

Estates in remainder may be created for persons not in being. If such a remainder is vested, it will open to take in all persons within the description who come into being up to the time the enjoyment of the estate commences.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2250; Code 1868, § 2242; Code 1873, § 2268; Code 1882, § 2268; Civil Code 1895, § 3103; Civil Code 1910, § 3679; Code 1933, § 85-706.

## Law Reviews

For article discussing problems in construction of instrument conveying gift to a group or class, see 6 Ga. St. B.J. 169 (1969).