2021 Georgia Code
Title 53 - Wills, Trusts, and Administration of Estates
Chapter 3 - Year's Support
§ 53-3-13. Sale or Conveyance of Property by Personal Representative or Temporary Administrator Prior to Award
The right of a surviving spouse or minor child to year's support from the estate of a decedent shall be barred by a sale or conveyance made prior to the award of year's support by the personal representative or temporary administrator of the estate under authority of a court of competent jurisdiction or under power in a will; provided, however, that the sale or conveyance shall bar year's support and rights to year's support only as to the property sold or conveyed.
(Code 1981, §53-3-13, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10; Ga. L. 2020, p. 377, § 1-11/HB 865.)
The 2020 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, inserted "or temporary administrator" in this Code section.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 31 Am. Jur. 2d, Executors and Administrators, §§ 324, 326, 327.
C.J.S.- 34 C.J.S., Executors and Administrators, §§ 453, 456, 459, 465.
