Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 53. WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES · Chapter 7. ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES GENERALLY · Article 1. POWERS AND DUTIES GENERALLY

53-7-8. Support and education of minor heirs and beneficiaries without conservators.

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

Whenever a personal representative has paid all the debts of the decedent and all claims against the estate, and property due minor heirs or beneficiaries for whom no one applies to be conservator is left in the personal representative’s hands, the personal representative may, under the direction of the probate court, apply so much of the minor’s share of the decedent’s estate as may be necessary for support and education as conservators are allowed by law to do.

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, § 53-7-8, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10; Ga. L. 2020, p. 377, § 1-39/HB 865. The 2020 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, substituted ‘‘conservator’’ for ‘‘guardian’’ and ‘‘conservators’’ for ‘‘guardians’’ in this Code section.

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