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# O.C.G.A. § 53-4-1. Power of testator.

A testator, by will, may make any disposition of property that is not inconsistent with the laws or contrary to the public policy of the state and may give all the property to strangers, to the exclusion of the testator’s spouse and descendants.

## History

Code 1981, § 53-4-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10.

## Law Reviews

For article discussing the pretermitted heir, see 10 Ga. L. Rev. 447 (1976).

For note, ‘‘Preventing Spousal Disinheritance in Georgia,’’ see 19 Ga. L. Rev. 427 (1984).