Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 53. WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES · Chapter 4. WILLS · Article 4. JOINT OR MUTUAL WILLS

53-4-30. Contract concerning succession.

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A contract made on or after January 1, 1998, that obligates an individual to make a will or a testamentary disposition, not to revoke a will or a testamentary disposition, or to die intestate shall be express and shall be in a writing that is signed by the obligor.

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, § 53-4-30, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1352, § 7.

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1996, ‘‘January 1, 1998,’’ was substituted for ‘‘the effective date of this Code section’’.

For article commenting on the 1997 amendment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 313 (1997).

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