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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 44. PROPERTY · Chapter 6. ESTATES · Article 5. LIFE ESTATES

44-6-82. How and in what property life estate may be created.

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  1. (a)

    An estate for life may be created by deed or will, by express agreement of the parties, or by operation of law.#

  2. (b)

    A life estate cannot be created in property which will be destroyed on being used.#

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, § 2233; Code 1868, § 2227; Code 1873, § 2253; Code 1882, § 2253; Civil Code 1895, § 3088; Civil Code 1910, § 3664; Code 1933, § 85-602.

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Text read from t44-ch1-7-(v31)-2010-pdf.pdf, Volume V31, 2010 edition, page 664; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 490191d3dc54.