Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 53. WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES · Chapter 10. SIMULTANEOUS DEATH

53-10-5. Applicability of chapter.

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This chapter shall not apply in the case of wills, trusts, deeds, contracts of insurance, or any other situation where provision is made for distribution of property different from that provided in this chapter or where provision is made for a presumption as to survivorship that results in a distribution of property different from that provided in this chapter.

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

Code 1981, § 53-10-5, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10; Ga. L. 2020, p. 377, § 1-61/HB 865. The 2020 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, substituted ‘‘that results’’ for ‘‘which results’’ in this Code section.

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