53-5-20. Conclusiveness.

Code 1981, § 53-5-20, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10; Ga. L. 2020, p. 377, § 1-21/HB 865. The 2020 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, designated the first sentence of the previously existing provisions as subsection (a) and, in subsection (a), substituted ‘‘persons served with notice, including persons waiving service of notice or served with notice through a guardian ad litem or other appropriate representative,’’ for ‘‘parties notified’’ and substituted ‘‘personal representative’’ for ‘‘executor’’; designated the second sentence of the previously existing provisions as subsection (b) and, in subsection (b), inserted ‘‘and other persons required to be served with notice by Code Section 53-5-22 who are’’ and substituted ‘‘served with notice in a manner adequate to satisfy subsection (a) of this Code section’’ for ‘‘notified’’; and added subsection (c).

Subscribing witness’s testimony, § 24-9-903.

For article discussing methods of summary distribution and settlement of decedent’s estate, see 6 Ga. L. Rev. 74 (1971). For annual survey on wills, trusts, guardianships, and fiduciary administration, see 71 Mercer L. Rev. 327 (2019). For comment on Byrd v. Riggs, 209 Ga. 930, 76 S.E.2d 774 (1953), see 16 Ga. B.J. 338 (1954); 18 Ga. B.J. 211 (1955). For comment on the constitutionality of Ga. L. 1958, pp. 657, 658; as amended by Ga. L. Ex. Sess., 1964, pp. 16, 17, reducing the number of required witnesses to a will to two, in light of the constitutional provision that no law shall refer to more than one subject matter, see 1 Ga. St. B.J. 126 (1964).