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2010 Georgia Code
TITLE 53 - WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES
CHAPTER 12 - TRUSTS
ARTICLE 2 - CREATION AND VALIDITY OF EXPRESS TRUSTS
§ 53-12-21 - Formal and precatory words
O.C.G.A. 53-12-21 (2010)53-12-21. Formal and precatory words
(a) No formal words shall be necessary to create an express trust.
(b) Words otherwise precatory in nature will create a trust only if they are sufficiently imperative to show a settlor's intention to impose enforceable duties on a trustee and if all other elements of an express trust are present.
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