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title: O.C.G.A. § 53-5-32. Effect of admission to probate.
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# O.C.G.A. § 53-5-32. Effect of admission to probate.

If a foreign will or an out-of-state will is admitted to original probate in common or solemn form, the terms of the will shall be given effect under the laws of this state and shall be subject to the same defenses and objections as a will of a testator who died domiciled in this state.

## History

Code 1981, § 53-5-32, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10.

## Law Reviews

For comment discussing Georgia probate of will witnessed, executed, and probated in another state, in light of In re Barrie’s Estate, 240 Iowa 431, 35 N.W.2d 658 (1949), see 1 Mercer L. Rev. 135 (1949).