Costs of proceedings

Before the approval of the judge of the probate court may be demanded as provided in this article, the applicant shall pay to such judge the cost of the proceedings, including the clerk’s cost for recording the same. The applicant shall be bound for such costs if the judge approves the application. If any person filing objections to the schedule or plat fails to have the same sustained, he shall pay the cost of the proceedings. History. Ga. L. 1868, p. 27, § 9; Ga. L. 1870, p. 70, § 6; Code 1873, § 2023; Code 1882, § 2023; Civil Code 1895, § 2845; Civil Code 1910, § 3395; Code 1933, § 51-704; Code 1981, § 44-13-20; Code 1981, § 4413-19, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1983, p. 1170, § 2. Editor’s notes. Ga. L. 1983, p. 1170, § 2, effective July 1, 1983, redesignated former Code Section 44-13-20 as this Code section. The 1983 Act also redesignated former Code Section 44-13-19, relating to disposition of rents and profits arising from exempted property, as present Code Section 44-13-18. 44-13-20. Reversion of property set apart for spouse, children, or dependents. Property set apart pursuant to Code Section 44-13-2 for a spouse, for a spouse and minor children, for minor children alone, or for dependents of a debtor (1) upon the death of the spouse or the spouse’s remarriage, when set apart to the spouse alone, (2) upon the attaining of the age of 18 by the minor children or their emancipation during minority, when set apart for the minor children, (3) upon the death or remarriage of the spouse and the attaining of the age of 18 by the minor children or the emancipation of the minor children, when set apart to 349 44-13-20 the spouse and minor children, and (4) upon a former dependent person’s no longer being eligible to be claimed by the debtor as a dependent for income tax purposes pursuant to Code Section 48-7-26, shall revert to the estate from which it was set apart unless it was sold or reinvested pursuant to this article, in which case this Code section shall apply to and follow all the reinvestments unless the fee simple has been sold as provided in this article. History. Ga. L. 1868, p. 27, § 10; Ga. L. 1869, p. 25, § 1; Code 1873, § 2024; Ga. L. 1876, p. 48, § 6; Code 1882, § 2024; Civil Code 1895, § 2846; Civil Code 1910, § 3396; Code 1933, § 51-705; Code 1981, § 44-1321; Code 1981, § 44-13-20, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1983, p. 1170, § 2; Ga. L. 2006, p. 141, § 8/HB 847.