Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 53. WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES · Chapter 2. DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION · Article 2. JUDICIAL DETERMINATION OF HEIRS AND INTERESTS

53-2-24. Probate court procedure.

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

Upon the filing in a probate court of a petition described in Code Section 53-2-21 or 53-2-22, a citation shall be issued and parties in interest shall be served as provided in Chapter 11 of this title; provided, however, that the probate court additionally may order service in the manner provided by Code Section 19-7-41.

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, § 53-2-24, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10; Ga. L. 2025, p. 806, § 43/HB 327, effective July 1, 2025.

Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, added “provided, however, that the probate court additionally may order service in the manner provided by Code Section 19-7-41” at the end of the Code section.

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