Disposition of income received during administration

Except as otherwise provided in the will, income received by an executor during the period of administration from property that is used to pay debts, taxes, expenses of administration, general testamentary gifts, and other expenses chargeable to corpus shall be paid to the income beneficiaries of the residuum of the estate; provided, however, that nothing contained in this Code section shall alter or repeal Code Section 53-4-60. History. — Code 1981, § 53-7-7, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10. COMMENT This section carries forward former OCGA Sec. 53-7-12. 574 53-7-10 53-7-8. Support and education of minor heirs and beneficiaries without conservators. Whenever a personal representative has paid all the debts of the decedent and all claims against the estate, and property due minor heirs or beneficiaries for whom no one applies to be conservator is left in the personal representative’s hands, the personal representative may, under the direction of the probate court, apply so much of the minor’s share of the decedent’s estate as may be necessary for support and education as conservators are allowed by law to do. History. — Code 1981, § 53-7-8, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10; Ga. L. 2020, p. 377, § 1-39/HB 865. The 2020 amendment, effective Janu- ary 1, 2021, substituted ‘‘conservator’’ for ‘‘guardian’’ and ‘‘conservators’’ for ‘‘guardians’’ in this Code section. COMMENT This section carries forward the substance of former OCGA Sec. 53-7-13. ARTICLE 2 ACTIONS AGAINST PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES 53-7-10. Allowable defenses; generally.