Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 53. WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES · Chapter 4. WILLS · Article 6. CONSTRUCTION OF WILL; TESTAMENTARY GIFTS

53-4-71. Compensation to defeated beneficiary electing against will.

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If, pursuant to Code Sections 53-4-69 and 53-4-70, an election is made against the will, the defeated beneficiary shall be entitled to compensation out of the property bequeathed to the person who made the election, up to the value of the defeated testamentary gift.

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, § 53-4-71, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10.

Cross references

Equitable principles governing elections between benefits, § 23-1-24. Applicability of section to deeds, § 44-5-37.

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