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Título 29. GUARDIAN AND WARD · Capítulo 4. GUARDIANS OF ADULTS · Artículo 3. PROTECTION OF THE WARD

29-4-21. Rights and privileges removed from ward upon appointment of guardian.

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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

El texto siguiente es la ley tal como la imprime el estado, en inglés.

  1. (a)

    Unless the court’s order specifies that one or more of the following powers are to be retained by the ward, the appointment of a guardian shall remove from the ward the power to:#

    1. (1)

      Contract marriage;#

    2. (2)

      Make, modify, or terminate other contracts;#

    3. (3)

      Consent to medical treatment;#

    4. (4)

      Establish a residence or dwelling place;#

    5. (5)

      Change domicile;#

    6. (6)

      Revoke a revocable trust established by the ward; and#

    7. (7)

      Bring or defend any action at law or equity, except an action relating to the guardianship.#

  2. (b)

    The mere appointment of a guardian does not revoke the powers of an agent who was previously appointed by the ward to act as an agent under a durable power of attorney for health care, a health care agent under an advance directive for health care, or a mental health care agent under a psychiatric advance directive.#

Las notas siguientes se imprimen con la sección, pero no son ley promulgada (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). Se muestran aparte del texto.

History

Code 1981, § 29-4-21, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1; Ga. L. 2007, p. 133, § 9/HB 24; Ga. L. 2022, p. 611, § 2-7/HB 752.

Amendments

The 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, in subsection (b), substituted “health care, a health care agent” for “health care or health care agent” and added “, or a mental health care agent under a psychiatric advance directive” at the end.

Law reviews

For article, “HB 752: Psychiatric Advance Directive Act,” see 39 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 191 (2022).

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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Texto leído de t27-t30-(v22)-pdf.pdf, Volumen V22, edición 2018, suplemento de 2025, página 187; acción de fusión: replaced; SHA-256 del archivo b54071b79715.