Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 53. WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES · Chapter 12. TRUSTS · Article 7. IMPLIED TRUSTS

53-12-133. Parol evidence and implied trusts.

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In all cases in which a trust is sought to be implied, the court may hear parol evidence of the nature of the transaction, the circumstances, and the conduct of the parties, either to imply or rebut the trust.

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, § 53-12-133, enacted by Ga. L. 2010, p. 579, § 1/SB 131.

Law reviews

For comment, ‘‘The Georgia Supreme Court’s Creation of an Equitable Interest in Marital Property — Yours? Mine? Ours!,’’see 34 Mercer L. Rev. 449 (1982).

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