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title: O.C.G.A. § 53-3-13. Sale or conveyance of property by personal representative or temporary administrator prior to award.
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# O.C.G.A. § 53-3-13. Sale or conveyance of property by personal representative or temporary administrator prior to award.

The right of a surviving spouse or minor child to year’s support from the estate of a decedent shall be barred by a sale or conveyance made prior to the award of year’s support by the personal representative or temporary administrator of the estate under authority of a court of competent jurisdiction or under power in a will; provided, however, that the sale or conveyance shall bar year’s support and rights to year’s support only as to the property sold or conveyed.

## History

Code 1981, § 53-3-13, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10; Ga. L. 2020, p. 377, § 1-11/HB 865.

The 2020 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, inserted ‘‘or temporary administrator’’ in this Code section.