Methods of examining witnesses; photocopy of will

Unavailability of subscribing witnesses. Settlement agreement. Persons entitled to recover expenses. Nonjudicial settlement agreement. Article 5 Foreign and Out-of-state Wills; Nondomiciliaries 53-5-35. 53-5-36. 53-5-37. FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES Article 4 Witnesses; Settlement Agreement; Expenses 53-5-23. 53-5-34. 53-5-39. Article 3 Solemn Form 53-5-20. 53-5-21. 53-5-22. 53-5-32. 53-5-33. Requisites for admission to probate. Effect of admission to probate. Requisites for admission to ancillary probate. Effect of admission to ancillary probate. Muniments of title to realty. Jurisdiction. Qualification of executor or administrator. Distribution of intestate nondomiciliary’s real property. Appointment of administrator of intestate nondomiciliary’s estate. Notice given by ancillary personal representative. Laws or court orders governing administration of estate by ancillary personal representative. Powers. Evidence of authority. Application to protect interest in property. Jurisdiction. Service of process. Effect of adjudication. Article 6 Jurisdiction 53-5-50. 53-5-51. 53-5-52. 53-5-53. Original jurisdiction; petition and pleading requirements. Contents of petition; service of notice; issuance of relief. Time limitation; filing of petition constitutes claim against estate. Applicability of article. Article 7 PART 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS Uniform Transfer on Death Security Registration Definitions. 53-5-60. 453 Short title. T.53, C.5 Sec. 53-5-61. 53-5-62. 53-5-63. 53-5-64. 53-5-65. 53-5-66. WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ESTATES Definitions. Ownership of a security. Authorization of beneficiary form. Registration of a beneficiary form. Words used in beneficiary form. Designation of transfer in beneficiary form. 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 L. 1996, p. 504, § 10, effective January 1, 1998, repealed the Code sections formerly codified at this chapter, and enacted the current chapter.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 §§ 53-5-1 through 53-5-21, and was based on Laws 1838, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 296; Laws 1850, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 297; Ga. L. 1853-54, p. 34, § 1; Ga. L. 1855-56, p. 148, §§ 1-4; Ga. L. 1862-63, p. 30, §§ 1-3; Code 1863, §§ 2531-2533, 2535, 2536; Ga. L. 1865-66, p. 31, § 1; 1866, p. 66, § 1; Code 1868, §§ 2530-2533, 2535-2537; Code 1873, §§ 2571-2574, 2576-2578; Code 1882, §§ 2571-2574, 2576-2578; Ga. L. 1884-85, p. 49, § 1; Ga. L. 1890-91, p. 227, § 1; Civil Code 1895, §§ 3465-3473; Ga. L. 1899, p. 47, § 1; Ga. L. 1903, p. 76, § 1; Sec. 53-5-67. 53-5-68. 53-5-69. 53-5-70. 53-5-71. T.53, C.5 Ownership of registered security after death. Duties of registering entity; implementation of registration; applicability of Code Section 53-5-67; protective effect. Effect of beneficiary form. Terms and conditions of beneficiary form; illustrations. Applicability of article. Civil Code 1910, §§ 4041-4051; Ga. L. 1918, p. 122, § 1; Code 1933, §§ 113-1001.1, 113-1002, 113-1002.1, 113-1003 through 113-1005.3, 113-1006, 113-1006.1, 113-1007 through 113-1012; Ga. L. 1937, p. 861, §§ 1-5; Ga. L. 1939, p. 236, § 1; Ga. L. 1943, p. 621, § 1; Ga. L. 1947, p. 866, § 1; Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 453, § 1; Ga. L. 1955, p. 731, § 1; Ga. L. 1958, p. 378, § 1; Ga. L. 1958, p. 657, § 11; Ga. L. 1959, p. 136, § 5; Ga. L. 1960, p. 227, § 1; Ga. L. 1968, p. 997, § 1; Ga. L. 1976, p. 1059, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1977, p. 545, §§ 1-3; Ga. L. 1979, p. 1325, § 2; Code 1981, § 53-5-1.1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 42; Ga. L. 1986, p. 982, § 20; Ga. L. 1986, p. 1272, §§ 1-8; Ga. L. 1987, p. 375, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 948, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 53; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1054, § 1.