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Title 53. WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES · Chapter 6. ADMINISTRATORS AND PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES · Article 4. TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATION

53-6-30. Power of court; appointment of administrator; appeal.

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

  1. (a)

    The probate court may at any time and without service or notice to anyone grant temporary letters of administration on an unrepresented estate to continue in full force and effect until the temporary administrator is discharged or a personal representative is appointed.#

  2. (b)

    The probate court may appoint such person as temporary administrator as the court determines to be in the best interests of the estate. Pending an issue of devisavit vel non upon any paper propounded as a will that has not been admitted to probate in common form, the executor nominated in the purported will shall have preference in the appointment of a temporary administrator.#

  3. (c)

    There shall be no appeal from an order granting temporary letters of administration, either to the superior court under Chapter 3 of Title 5 or to the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals under subsection (a) of Code Section 15-9-123.#

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, § 53-6-30, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10; Ga. L. 1998, p. 1586, § 23; Ga. L. 2020, p. 377, § 1-32/HB 865; Ga. L. 2024, p. 201, § 11/SB 450, effective April 22, 2024.

Amendments

The 2024 amendment, effective April 22, 2024, substituted “Chapter 3 of Title 5” for “subsection (a) of Code Section 5-3-2” near the middle of subsection (c).

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

Text read from t52-t53-(v40)-pdf.pdf, Volume V40, 2021 edition, 2025 supplement, page 61; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 d9d2be0e71ce.