Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 53. WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES · Chapter 12. TRUSTS · Article 2. CREATION AND VALIDITY OF EXPRESS TRUSTS

53-12-22. Trust purposes.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

A trust may be created for any lawful purpose.

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, § 53-12-22, enacted by Ga. L. 2010, p. 579, § 1/SB 131; Ga. L. 2020, p. 377, § 1-74/HB 865; Ga. L. 2025, p. 806, § 68/HB 327, effective July 1, 2025.

Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, rewrote this Code section.

Law reviews

For article with annual survey on wills, trusts, guardianships, and fiduciary administration, see 73 Mercer L. Rev. 281 (2021). For article, “I’ll Give You My Trust Assets, When You Pry Them From My Cold, Dead Hands,” see 74 Mercer L. Rev. 1649 (2023).

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