Except as otherwise provided, as used in this title, the term:
(16.1) “Public guardian” means an individual or private entity, including a nonprofit entity, appointed pursuant to Chapter 10 of this title.
History. Code 1981, § 29-1-1 , enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 60, § 29/HB 95; Ga. L. 2005, p. 509, § 1/HB 364; Ga. L. 2019, p. 1056, § 29/SB 52.
The 2019 amendment, effective May 12, 2019, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “letters of conservatorship” for “letters of guardianship” in paragraph (24).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2005, p. 509, § 9/HB 364, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2005, and all appointments of guardians of the person made pursuant to former Title 29 shall continue in effect and shall thereafter be governed by the provisions of this Act.
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