Georgia Code
Article 2 - Petition for Appointed Conservator
§ 29-5-10. Petition for Appointment of Conservator; Requirements of Petition

History. Code 1981, § 29-5-10 , enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1; Ga. L. 2013, p. 884, § 2/HB 446; Ga. L. 2019, p. 693, § 14/HB 70; Ga. L. 2022, p. 352, § 29/HB 1428.
The 2019 amendment, effective January 1, 2020, substituted the present provisions of subsection (a) for the former provisions, which read: “Any interested person or persons, including the proposed ward, may file a petition for the appointment of a conservator. The petition shall be filed in the court of the county in which the proposed ward is domiciled or is found, provided that the court of the county where the proposed ward is found shall not have jurisdiction to hear any conservatorship petition if it appears that the proposed ward was removed to that county solely for the purposes of filing a petition for the appointment of a conservator.”
The 2022 amendment, effective May 2, 2022, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, revised punctuation at the end of paragraph (b)(13).
Law reviews.
For annual survey on wills, trusts, guardianships, and fiduciary administration, see 64 Mercer L. Rev. 325 (2012).

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