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title: O.C.G.A. § 53-4-10. Minimum age; conviction of crime.
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# O.C.G.A. § 53-4-10. Minimum age; conviction of crime.

(a) Every individual 14 years of age or older may make a will, unless laboring under some legal disability arising either from a want of capacity or a want of perfect liberty of action.

(b) An individual who has been convicted of a crime shall not be deprived of the power to make a will.

## History

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

## Cross References

Age of majority, § 39-1-1.

## Law Reviews

For article recommending more consistency in age requirements of laws pertaining to the welfare of minors, see 6 Ga. St. B.J. 189 (1969).