Georgia Statutes
§ 53-5-2 — Right to offer will for probate; "interested person" defined
Georgia § 53-5-2
JurisdictionGeorgia
Title53
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Bluebook
O.C.G.A. § 53-5-2 (2026).
Text
(a)As used in this Code section, the term "interested person" shall include, but shall not necessarily be limited to, any heir of the decedent; legatee, devisee, or beneficiary under the will; creditor of the decedent; purchaser from an heir of the decedent; administrator or temporary administrator appointed for the estate of the decedent prior to the discovery of the will; trustee or beneficiary of a testamentary trust established by the will or of a trust to which the will makes a devise or bequest; and individual making a claim under, or having standing to caveat to the probate of, an earlier will. An agent, conservator, guardian, guardian ad litem, or other fiduciary or appropriate representative of such an interested person may act on such interested person's behalf.
(b)The right to
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Legislative History
Amended by 2020 Ga. Laws 508,§ 1-17, eff. 1/1/2021. Amended by 2018 Ga. Laws 405,§ 3-1, eff. 7/1/2018.
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Georgia § 53-5-2, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/ga/53-5-2.