Application for exemption by spouse, minor children or representative of dependents upon debtor’s refusal to apply

Should a debtor refuse to apply for an exemption under this article, the debtor’s spouse, any person acting on behalf of the minor children of the debtor, or any person acting on behalf of the dependents of the debtor may make such application; and it shall be as binding as if done by the debtor. History. Ga. L. 1868, p. 27, § 13; Code 1873, § 2022; Code 1882, § 2022; Civil Code 1895, § 2843; Civil Code 1910, § 3393; Code 1933, § 51-702; Code 1981, § 4413-3; Code 1981, § 44-13-2, as redesig- nated by Ga. L. 1983, p. 1170, § 2; Ga. L. 1986, p. 10, § 44.