Title 53

(a) An individual who feloniously and intentionally kills or conspires to kill or procures the killing of another individual forfeits the right to take an interest from the decedent’s estate and to serve as a personal representative or trustee of the decedent’s estate or any trus…

(a) In any case in which the United States Department of the Treasury or the Department of Revenue of this state determines that there exists an overpayment of federal or state income tax and the person in whose favor the overpayment is determined to exist is deceased at the time…

A surviving spouse who is under the age of 18 years is entitled to apply for, take, and hold any share in the deceased spouse’s estate to which the surviving spouse is entitled by virtue of being an heir or a beneficiary or being eligible for year’s support without the interventio…

A decree of adoption, whether issued by a court of this state or by a court of any other jurisdiction, shall have the effect described in Code Section 19-8-19, and the adoptive parents and relatives of the adoptive parents shall likewise be entitled to inherit from and through th…

Except to the extent that the principles of common law and equity governing wills, trusts, and the administration of estates are modified by this title or another provision of law, those principles remain the law of this state. History. — Code 1981, § 53-1-9, enacted by Ga. L. 202…

(a) A lifetime transfer to a beneficiary of property that is the subject of a specific testamentary gift is treated as a satisfaction if it is shown pursuant to the provisions of subsection (c) of this Code section that the transfer is intended to satisfy the testamentary gift. (b)…

Every advancement shall be valued without interest at its value at the time of the transfer unless a value or an interest rate is specified in writing at the time of acceptance or in the transferor’s will. History. — Code 1981, § 53-1-11, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10.

(a) If a beneficiary has received a satisfaction, the beneficiary shall not receive any other property in replacement of the specific testamentary gift which is the subject of the satisfaction. (b) If a beneficiary has received an advancement of all or a portion of a demonstrative or…

relation back; (a) For purposes of this Code section, the term ‘‘property’’ includes any interest in property and any power over or right with respect to the property. (b) Any person to whom an interest in property is transferred or who succeeds to property by contract or by oper…

Value. Manner of taking into account. Consideration of satisfaction or advancement when recipient predeceases transferor. Article 3 Renunciation Renouncing property; procedures; relation back; abridgement; fiduciary duties. chapter consisted of §§ 53-1-1 through 53-1-6, and was ba…