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# O.C.G.A. § 53-7-2. Administration of entire estate; distribution of residuum.

The personal representative shall be entitled to possess and administer the entire estate. If, after payment of debts and satisfaction of testamentary gifts, there are assets not given under the will, such assets shall be distributed to the heirs of the decedent as if the decedent had died intestate.

## History

Code 1981, § 53-7-2, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10.

## Law Reviews

For note, ‘‘Not Just For Kids: Why Georgia’s Statutory Disinheritance of Deadbeat Parents Should Extend to Intestate Adults,’’ see 43 Ga. L. Rev. 867 (2009).