Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 53. WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES · Chapter 3. YEAR’S SUPPORT

53-3-9. Vesting of title to property set apart.

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(a)
Except as otherwise provided in Code Section 53-3-8, title to the property set apart shall vest in the surviving spouse and child or children or, if there is no surviving spouse, in the children, share and share alike; and the property shall not be administered as the estate of the deceased spouse or parent.#
(b)
When property is set apart as a year’s support for the benefit of the surviving spouse alone, the spouse shall thereafter own the same in fee, without restriction as to use, encumbrance, or disposition.#

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.

Code 1981, § 53-3-9, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10.

For article discussing title by year’s support, see 2 Ga. B.J. 45 (1940).

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