Georgia Law

Arbitration: In Pending Case Before Georgia Supreme Court, Nursing Home Seeks to Compel Arbitration

On the Georgia Supreme Court's Argument Calendar for May 18, 2021 is Clinch Healthcare Center Et. Al. v. Fountain, As…

3 years ago

Cap on noneconomic damages in Medical Malpractice Case was unconstitutional

In Atlanta Oculoplastic Surgery, P.C. v. Nestlehutt, 286 Ga. 731 (2010), the Georgia Supreme Court considered whether arbitrary limits to…

4 years ago

Elder Abuse: BOOTH v. THE STATE, No. S21A0010 (Ga. May 3, 2021)

In Booth v. State, the Georgia Supreme Court considered the appeal of a daughter convicted of killing her mother. Booth…

4 years ago

In Terrorem Clause: Giller v. Slosberg (Ga. Ct. App. April 27, 2021)

In Giller v. Slosberg, an elderly father revoked an existing power of attorney, executed a new power of attorney, and…

4 years ago

Cooper v. Trust Company Bank, 257 Ga. 272 (1987)

Trust Company Bank was named trustee of a trust created by Nancy Cooper in 1968. The trust provided that the…

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Henderson v. Collins, 245 Ga. 776 (1980)

In 1977, Collins took a judgment against Hunt for $300,000. Collins then sought to enforce the judgment against a Louisiana…

4 years ago

McElrath v. Citizens & Southern Nat’l Bank, 229 Ga. 20 (1972)

A trust sought direction concerning whether it was required to pay for private school tuition. A grandfather established a trust…

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O.C.G.A. § 53-1-20. Renouncing property; procedures; relation back; abridgement; fiduciary duties

(a) For purposes of this Code section, the term "property" includes any interest in property and any power over or…

4 years ago

O.C.G.A. § 53-1-5. Right of individual who feloniously and intentionally kills or conspires to kill to inherit

(a) An individual who feloniously and intentionally kills or conspires to kill or procures the killing of another individual forfeits…

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Lifetime transfers and Satisfactions

O.C.G.A. § 53-1-10. Lifetime transfers (a) A lifetime transfer to a beneficiary of property that is the subject of a…

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