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Title 53 - Wills, Trusts, and Administration of Estates (Chs. 1 — 17)
Chapter 11 - Proceedings in Probate Court (§§ 53-11-1 — 53-11-11)
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Editor’s notes.This chapter was effective January 1, 1998, to the extent that no vested rights of title, year’s support, succession, or inheritance are impaired, as provided by the version of Code Section 53-1-1 enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10, as amended by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1352, § 1.
Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10, effective January 1, 1998, repealed the Code sections formerly codified at this chapter, and enacted the current chapter. The former chapter consisted of §§ 53-11-1 through 53-11-6, and was based on Ga. L. 1966, p. 606, §§ 1-5, 7.
Research References & Practice Aids
RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. Proof of Facts. —Proof of Survivorship in Common Disaster, 56 POF3d 255.
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- § 53-11-1. Applicability of, and compliance with, provisions
- § 53-11-2. "Guardian" defined; persons represented; appointment; successors; guardian named in petitions
- § 53-11-3. Personal service; generally
- § 53-11-4. Service of notice where person or residence unknown, or resides outside state
- § 53-11-5. Additional service of citation or other notice
- § 53-11-6. Waiver or acknowledgment of service of citation or other notice; consent to granting of relief or entry of order
- § 53-11-7. Officers authorized to administer oath or affirmation or affidavit
- § 53-11-8. Verification of petitions
- § 53-11-9. Issuance of citation upon filing of petition; contents; meaning; definitions; caveat or objection
- § 53-11-10. Date by which objections must be filed or on which hearing will be held
- § 53-11-11. Authentication or exemplification of document
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