Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 53. WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES · Chapter 6. ADMINISTRATORS AND PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES · Article 5. COUNTY ADMINISTRATORS

53-6-42. Power of court to revoke letters of administration, require additional security, or pass other order.

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The probate court may, for good cause shown, as provided in Code Sections 29-3-82, 29-5-92, and 53-7-14, revoke the letters of administration of the county administrator or letters of guardianship of the county administrator, require additional security on the county administrator’s bond, or pass such other order as is expedient and necessary for the good of any particular estate in the hands of any county administrator.

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, § 53-6-42, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10; Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 9.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 16, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: ‘‘This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2005, and all appointments of guardians of the person or property made pursuant to former Title 29 shall continue in effect and shall thereafter be governed by the provisions of this Act.’’

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