Title 53. WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES · Chapter 12. TRUSTS · Article 16. TRUST INVESTMENTS · Part 1. INVESTMENTS GENERALLY
53-12-344. Language invoking application of article.
Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
The following terminology or comparable language in the provisions of a trust, unless otherwise limited or modified, shall authorize any investment or strategy permitted under this article and Article 17 of this chapter: ‘‘investments permissible by law for investment of trust funds,’’ ‘‘legal investments,’’ ‘‘authorized investments,’’ ‘‘using the judgment and care under the circumstances then prevailing that persons of prudence, discretion, and intelligence exercise in the management of their own affairs, not in regard to speculation but in regard to the permanent disposition of their funds, considering the probable income as well as the probable safety of their capital,’’ ‘‘prudent man rule,’’ ‘‘prudent trustee rule,’’ ‘‘prudent person rule,’’ and ‘‘prudent investor rule.’’
History
Code 1981, § 53-12-344, enacted by Ga. L. 2010, p. 579, § 1/SB 131; Ga. L. 2011, p. 752, § 53/HB 142.
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