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

53-6-32. Oath or affirmation of temporary administrator.

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

  1. (a)

    Every temporary administrator, upon qualification (which qualification may be done at any time), shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation in substantially the following form:#

    1. ‘‘I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that , deceased, died (testate) (intestate) and with an estate that is currently unrepresented, so far as I know or believe, and that I will well and truly administer on all the estate of the Deceased and discharge to the best of my ability all my duties as Temporary Administrator. So help me God.’’

  2. (b)

    The oath or affirmation of a temporary administrator as provided in subsection (a) of this Code section may be subscribed before the judge or clerk of any probate court of this state. The probate court appointing the temporary administrator shall have the authority to grant a commission to a judge or clerk of any court of record of any state to administer the oath or affirmation.#

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, § 53-6-32, enacted by Ga. L. 2020, p. 377, § 1-34/HB 865.

Effective date

This Code section became effective January 1, 2021.

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

Text read from t52-t53-(v40)-2021-pdf.pdf, Volume V40, 2021 edition, page 558; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 062775612dfc.