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2022 Georgia Code
Title 53 - Wills, Trusts, and Administration of Estates
Chapter 4 - Wills
Article 2 - Testamentary Capacity
§ 53-4-10. Minimum Age; Conviction of Crime
Universal Citation: GA Code § 53-4-10 (2022)
- Every individual 14 years of age or older may make a will, unless laboring under some legal disability arising either from a want of capacity or a want of perfect liberty of action.
- An individual who has been convicted of a crime shall not be deprived of the power to make a will.
History. Code 1981, § 53-4-10 , enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10.
Cross references.
Age of majority, § 39-1-1 .
Law reviews.
For article recommending more consistency in age requirements of laws pertaining to the welfare of minors, see 6 Ga. St. B.J. 189 (1969).
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