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title: O.C.G.A. § 53-12-242. Duty to inform as to existence of trust.
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# O.C.G.A. § 53-12-242. Duty to inform as to existence of trust.

(a) Within 60 days after the date of creation of an irrevocable trust or of the date on which a revocable trust becomes irrevocable, the trustee shall notify the qualified beneficiaries of such trust of the existence of such trust and the name and mailing address of such trustee.

(b) All irrevocable trusts in existence on July 1, 2010, shall be deemed to have waived this provision unless the trust instrument says otherwise.

## History

Code 1981, § 53-12-242, enacted by Ga. L. 2010, p. 579, § 1/SB 131; Ga. L. 2018, p. 262, § 18/HB 121.

## Code Commission Notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2010, ‘‘in existence on July 1, 2010,’’ was substituted for ‘‘in existence on the effective date of this part’’ in subsection (b).

## Law Reviews

For article on the 2018 amendment of this Code section, see 35 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 219 (2018).