--- title: Title 53, Chapter 1. General Provisions collection: code id: code:chapter:53-1 canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/title/53/chapter/1 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-1.md date: 2025 status: active corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68 license: CC0-1.0 publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/53.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-2.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md heading: GENERAL PROVISIONS title_heading: WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES section_count: 14 full_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-1.md?full=1 --- # Title 53, Chapter 1. General Provisions Title 53. Wills, Trusts, and Administration of Estates 14 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-1.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue). - 53-1-1, Short title; effective date of provisions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-1-1.md - 53-1-2, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-1-2.md - 53-1-3, Dower and tenancy by curtesy, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-1-3.md - 53-1-4, Effect on support obligation of use of income from estate or trust for support, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-1-4.md - 53-1-5, Right of individual who feloniously and intentionally kills or conspires to kill to inherit, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-1-5.md - 53-1-6, Payment to surviving spouse of state or federal income tax overpayments, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-1-6.md - 53-1-7, Surviving spouse under the age of 18 years, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-1-7.md - 53-1-8, Adopted individuals, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-1-8.md - 53-1-9, Construction of title with common law and equity, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-1-9.md - 53-1-10, Lifetime transfers, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-1-10.md - 53-1-11, Value, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-1-11.md - 53-1-12, Manner of taking into account, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-1-12.md - 53-1-13, Consideration of satisfaction or advancement when recipient predeceases transferor, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-1-13.md - 53-1-20, Renouncing property; procedures; relation back; abridgement; fiduciary duties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/53-1-20.md