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O.C.G.A. § 53-9-11 Factors considered by court; qualifications
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(a) In determining whether to appoint a conservator of the estate of a missing individual, the probate court shall take into account any other existing arrangements for the management of the missing individual’s property, such as powers of attorney or trusts, and may determine th…
O.C.G.A. § 53-9-12 Contents of petition
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The petition shall set forth the name of the missing individual, that individual’s place of domicile, the circumstances under which that individual came to be missing, the length of time the individual has been missing, what inquiry has been made as to the whereabouts of the indi…
O.C.G.A. § 53-9-13 Nondomiciliaries, §53-9-21
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Oath, §53-9-13. Orders of court, §53-9-14. Termination of conservatorship, §53-9-15. Petition for appointment of conservator, §§53-9-10, 53-9-12. Procedure on petition, §53-9-13. Qualified conservators, §53-9-11. Reports, §53-9-14. Termination of conservatorship, §53-9-15. Death.
O.C.G.A. § 53-9-14 Report of conservator; court order
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The conservator shall within 60 days after appointment make a written report to the probate court setting forth the condition of the estate of the missing individual, together with a schedule of any debts that may be owed by the missing person, an estimate of the income from the …
O.C.G.A. § 53-9-15 Termination of conservatorship
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A missing person for whose estate a conservator has been appointed may at any time petition the probate court that has jurisdiction over the conservator for an order terminating the conservatorship. Upon a finding by the court that the petitioner is in fact the missing individual,…
O.C.G.A. § 53-9-2 Filing and contents of petition; publication of citation
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(a) A petition for administration of the estate, for the probate in common form or solemn form of the will, for year’s support, or for an order that no administration is necessary may be filed for the estate of a missing individual whose death may be presumed or established in the…
O.C.G.A. § 53-9-20 Presumption or proof of death
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If an individual who is domiciled outside this state and possessed of any interest in or claim to or against real or personal property or cause of action located in this state shall have been absent for a period of time under circumstances whereby, pursuant to the law of the plac…
O.C.G.A. § 53-9-21 Appointment of conservator
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If an individual domiciled outside this state is possessed of any interest in or claim to or against any real or personal property or cause of action located in this state and would, if a domiciliary, be deemed to be missing in accordance with the provisions of Code Section 53-9-…
O.C.G.A. § 53-9-3 Hearing; finding of death
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At the hearing the probate court shall hear such evidence as shall be offered for the purpose of ascertaining whether a diligent and reasonable effort has been made to locate the missing individual and, if appropriate, such evidence that is offered to show that the missing indivi…
O.C.G.A. § 53-9-4 Issuance of letters or order
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At any time after the entering of the order finding the missing individual to be dead, the probate court shall issue letters of administration or letters testamentary or an order granting year’s support or an order that no administration is necessary in conformity with all of the …
O.C.G.A. § 53-9-5 Nondomiciliaries, §53-9-20
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Notice, §53-9-2. Orders. Administration not necessary, §53-9-4. Finding that the missing individual is dead, §53-9-3. Granting of year’s support, §53-9-4. Perils or tragedies resulting in probable death, §53-9-1. Petition for administration of the estate, §53-9-2. Predeceased oth…
O.C.G.A. § 53-9-6 Recovery of property by missing individual
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At any time before the expiration of two years after letters or an order for year’s support or an order that no administration is necessary is issued regarding the estate of the missing individual, any property received by any spouse or child or other purported heir or beneficiary…
O.C.G.A. § 53-9-7 Distribution of assets
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Before a distribution of any of the assets of the estate of a missing person is made to a spouse, child, or other purported heir or beneficiary within the two-year period set out in Code Section 53-9-6, such spouse, child, or other purported heir or beneficiary shall give security,…
O.C.G.A. § 53-9-8 Personal property
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Subject to mortgage or security interests, §53-3-17. Petition. Filing, §53-3-5. Hearing, §53-3-7. Mailing to tax commissioner, §53-3-6. Preference, §53-3-1. Property inside or outside county, §53-3-10. Property sold by personal representative prior to award. Barring of right to s…