Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 53. WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES · Chapter 7. ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES GENERALLY · Article 4. CLAIMS AGAINST OR IN FAVOR OF ESTATE

53-7-43. Compelling heirs or beneficiaries to contribute to payment of debt.

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If the estate shall have been distributed to the heirs or beneficiaries without notice of an existing debt, a creditor may compel them to contribute pro rata to the payment of the debt.

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, § 53-7-43, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10.

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