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Title 53. WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES · Chapter 5. PROBATE · Article 5. FOREIGN AND OUT-OF-STATE WILLS; NONDOMICILIARIES · Part 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

53-5-30. Definitions.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. For purposes of this article:

  2. (1)

    ‘‘Domiciliary jurisdiction’’ is the jurisdiction outside this state in which a nondomiciliary is domiciled at death.#

  3. (2)

    ‘‘Foreign will’’ is the will of a nondomiciliary who dies while domiciled in a jurisdiction that is not a state or territory governed by the Constitution of the United States and who at death owns property located in this state or a cause of action the venue of which lies in this state.#

  4. (3)

    ‘‘Nondomiciliary’’ is a decedent who dies while domiciled in a jurisdiction that is outside this state.#

  5. (4)

    ‘‘Out-of-state will’’ is the will of a nondomiciliary who dies while domiciled in a state or territory that is governed by the Constitution of the United States and who at death owns property located in this state or a cause of action the venue of which lies in this state.#

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, § 53-5-30, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10.

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