Title 53a. Pre-1998 Probate Code

Chapter 1. General Provisions

• O.C.G.A. § 53-1-1 (Pre-1998 Probate Code) Dower
• O.C.G.A. § 53-1-2 (Pre-1998 Probate Code) Tenancy By Curtesy
• O.C.G.A. § 53-1-3 (Pre-1998 Probate Code) Effect On Support Obligation of Use of Income From Estate Or Trust For Support
• O.C.G.A. § 53-1-4 (Pre-1998 Probate Code) Disposition of Heart Pacemakers By Contract Or Will; Sale By Survivors
• O.C.G.A. § 53-1-5 (Pre-1998 Probate Code) Determination of Residence of Decedent In Care of Nursing Home Or Similar Facility At Time of Death
• O.C.G.A. § 53-1-6 (Pre-1998 Probate Code) Powers of Executor Under Will Which Omits Powers In Code Section 53-12-232

Chapter 2. Wills

• Article 1. General Provisions
• Article 2. Testamentary Capacity
• Article 3. Execution and Attestation
• Article 4. Revocation and Republication
• Article 5. Legacies and Devises

Chapter 3. Probate

• Article 1. Probate of Domestic Wills
• Article 2. Probate of Foreign Wills
• Article 3. Probate Court Jurisdiction
• Article 4. Acknowledgments of Service

Chapter 4. Descent and Distribution

• Article 1. General Provisions
• Article 2. Judicial Determination of Legal Heirs and Their Interests
• Article 3. Advancements

Chapter 5. Year's Support

• Article 6. Jurisdiction

Chapter 6. Administrators and Executors

• Article 1. General Provisions
• Article 2. Appointment and Qualification of Administrators and Executors
• Article 3. Renunciation
• Article 4. County Administrators
• Article 5. Foreign Administrators and Executors
• Article 6. Commissions and Allowances

Chapter 7. Administration of Estates Generally

• Article 1. Powers and Duties of Persons Charged With Administration Generally
• Article 2. Bonds of Persons Charged With Administration of Estates and Actions Thereon
• Article 3. Appraisement and Inventory
• Article 4. Claims Against and In Favor of Estate
• Article 5. Removing Jurisdiction of Administration to Another County
• Article 6. Discharge and Resignation
• Article 7. Settlement of Accounts

Chapter 8. Investments, Sales, and Conveyances

• Article 1. Investments
• Article 2. Sales and Conveyances

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
• Article 2. Appointment of Conservators For Estates of Missing Persons

Chapter 10. Dispensing With Administration

• O.C.G.A. § 53-10-1 (Pre-1998 Probate Code) Order Dispensing With Administration - Petition; Verification and Contents; Availability Where Property Subject to Security Deed Or Known Debts
• O.C.G.A. § 53-10-2 (Pre-1998 Probate Code) Order Dispensing With Administration - Issuance and Publication of Citation; Effect of Written Objections of Creditor; Order of Probate Court; Recordation; Effect of Sale Or Encumbrance Following Order
• O.C.G.A. § 53-10-3 (Pre-1998 Probate Code) Order Dispensing With Administration - Effect On Liens For Taxes and Liens Arising From Bonds of Public Officials
• O.C.G.A. § 53-10-4 (Pre-1998 Probate Code) Order Dispensing With Administration - Liability of Heirs to Unsecured Creditors After Distribution of Property

Chapter 11. Uniform Simultaneous Death Act

• O.C.G.A. § 53-11-1 (Pre-1998 Probate Code) Short Title
• O.C.G.A. § 53-11-2 (Pre-1998 Probate Code) Disposition of Property Upon Simultaneous Deaths When Devolution Depends On Priority of Death
• O.C.G.A. § 53-11-3 (Pre-1998 Probate Code) Disposition of Property Upon Simultaneous Death of Beneficiary When Interest Depends On Survival
• O.C.G.A. § 53-11-4 (Pre-1998 Probate Code) Disposition of Property Upon Simultaneous Death of Joint Owners
• O.C.G.A. § 53-11-5 (Pre-1998 Probate Code) Applicability of Chapter Where Decedent Provides For Manner of Distribution Different From Manner Provided By Chapter
• O.C.G.A. § 53-11-6 (Pre-1998 Probate Code) Uniformity of Interpretation