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# O.C.G.A. § 53-10-1. Short title.

This chapter may be cited as the ‘‘Uniform Simultaneous Death Act in Georgia.’’

## History

Code 1981, § 53-10-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10.

## Law Reviews

For comment, ‘‘The Common Disaster: The Fifth Circuits Error in Estate of Carter v. United States and the Glitch in the ‘Tax on Prior Transfer’ Credit in Valuing Life Estates Created in a Common Disaster,’’ see 40 Emory L.J. 1269 (1991).