2010 Georgia Code
TITLE 53 - WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES
CHAPTER 9 - ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES OF MISSING PERSONS AND PERSONS BELIEVED TO BE DEAD
ARTICLE 1 - ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES OF PERSONS BELIEVED TO BE DEAD
§ 53-9-5 - (Pre-1998 Probate Code) Probate of will of person believed to be dead; status of executor or administrator with will annexed

O.C.G.A. 53-9-5 (2010)
53-9-5. (Pre-1998 Probate Code) Probate of will of person believed to be dead; status of executor or administrator with will annexed


After the judge of the probate court has issued the order described in subsection (b) of Code Section 53-9-2, finding the person to be dead, if the person has left any will, the will may be probated in either common or solemn form, or both, as though the person were in fact dead, and the executor or administrator with the will annexed shall occupy the same status as the administrator would if there were no will.