Official Code of Georgia Annotated

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

53-4-31. Definitions.

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(a)
A joint will is one will signed by two or more testators that deals with the distribution of the property of each testator. A joint will may be probated as each testator’s will.#
(b)
Mutual wills are separate wills of two or more testators that make reciprocal dispositions of each testator’s property.#

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.

History

Code 1981, § 53-4-31, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10.

Law reviews

For article advocating restructuring or repeal of former Code 1933, § 113-104, see 11 Ga. L. Rev. 297 (1977). For annual survey of wills, trusts, guardianships, and fiduciary administration, see 58 Mercer L. Rev. 423 (2006). For comment on Webb v. Smith, 220 Ga. 809, 141 S.E.2d 899 (1965), see 2 Ga. St. B.J. 258 (1965).

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