Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 53. WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES · Chapter 7. ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES GENERALLY · Article 2. ACTIONS AGAINST PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES

53-7-11. Allowable defenses; action originating in lifetime of decedent.

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When the cause of action originated in the lifetime of the decedent, a personal representative may make any defense or pleading that the decedent could have made if alive.

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, § 53-7-11, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10; Ga. L. 2020, p. 377, § 1-40/HB 865. The 2020 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, substituted ‘‘pleading that’’ for ‘‘pleading which’’ in this Code section.

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Text read from t52-t53-(v40)-2021-pdf.pdf, Volume V40, 2021 edition, page 590; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 062775612dfc.

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