Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 53. WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES · Chapter 4. WILLS · Article 3. EXECUTION AND ATTESTATION

53-4-22. Competency of witness.

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(a)
Any individual who is competent to be a witness and age 14 or over may witness a will.#
(b)
If a witness is competent at the time of attesting the will, the subsequent incompetence of the witness shall not prevent the probate of the will.#

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, § 53-4-22, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10.

The general provisions concerning the competency of witnesses, referred to in the Comment, are now found at O.C.G.A. § 24-6-601.

Competency of witnesses generally, § 24-6-601 et seq.

For article, ‘‘Execution, Revocation and Revalidation of Wills: A Critique of Existing Statutory Formalities,’’ see 11 Ga. L. Rev. 297 (1977).

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