Probate and Administration

Form: Estate Inventory

Unless the applicable Probate Court requires a different form, the following form may be used when preparing an estate inventory…

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Form: Petition for Authority to Open Safety Deposit Box

The following form may be used when seeking authority to open a safety deposit box after a decedent's death to…

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Form: Heirs Determination Worksheet

When you file a Petition to Probate a Will or for Letters of Administration, you must give notice to the…

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Form: Affidavit When Will is not Self-Proved and Witnesses Cannot Be Located

In Georgia, a Will must be self-proved or the witnesses to the Will must either sign written witness interrogatories or…

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Form: Affidavit of Diligent Search

When you file a Petition to Probate a Will or a Petition for Letters of Administration in Georgia, you must…

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Form: Will for Information Purposes Only

In Georgia, anyone in possession of an original Will after the Will-maker's death, must file it with the appropriate Probate…

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In Terrorem Clauses are Strictly Construed

In In Re Estate of Penland, 357 Ga. App. 369 (2020), the probate court found that James Ray and Eloise…

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Probate Court erred when it imposed fine of more than $19,000 for contempt

In In re Estate of Butler, 356 Ga. App. 287 (2020), Anita Butler filed a petition to probate her father's…

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Appeal Route From Article 6 Probate Court is to Court of Appeals

In Spence v. Dep't of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, 359 Ga. App. 603 (2021), Jermaine Spense was involuntarily committed…

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Conservator/County Administrator appointed ex-officio administrator of ward’s estate

In In re Estate of Brown, 357 Ga. App. 869, 850 S.E.2d 503 (2020), the Fulton County Probate Court appointed…

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