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title: O.C.G.A. § 49-4-59. Recovery of assistance payments from recipient’s estate; federal share of amounts recovered.
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# O.C.G.A. § 49-4-59. Recovery of assistance payments from recipient’s estate; federal share of amounts recovered.

(a) The total amount of assistance paid under this article shall be allowed as a claim against the estate of a deceased recipient after funeral expenses, not to exceed $75.00, and the expense of administering the estate have been paid; provided, however, that no claim shall be enforced against any real estate of a recipient while it is occupied by his or her surviving spouse or dependent.

(b) The federal government shall be entitled to a share of any amounts collected under subsection (a) of this Code section from recipients or from their estates, if required as a condition to federal financial participation in assistance under this article, equal to not more than one-half of the amount collected; and this amount shall be specified by the department. The amount due the United States shall be paid promptly to it by the department.

## History

Ga. L. 1937, p. 568, § 18.