Estates in remainder may be created for persons not in being. If such a remainder is vested, it will open to take in all persons within the description who come into being up to the time the enjoyment of the estate commences.
History. Orig. Code 1863, § 2250; Code 1868, § 2242; Code 1873, § 2268; Code 1882, § 2268; Civil Code 1895, § 3103; Civil Code 1910, § 3679; Code 1933, § 85-706.
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For article discussing problems in construction of instrument conveying gift to a group or class, see 6 Ga. St. B.J. 169 (1969).
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Article 4 - Remainders and Reversions
§ 44-6-60. Nature of Estates in Remainder and in Reversion; Rights of Reversioner
§ 44-6-61. Vested and Contingent Remainders Distinguished
§ 44-6-62. Effect of Defeat of Estate on Remainder
§ 44-6-63. Interest of Heirs of Remainderman
§ 44-6-64. Creation of Remainders by Parol
§ 44-6-65. Creation of Remainder for Persons Not in Being; Vested Remainder Subject to Open
§ 44-6-66. Preference for Vested Remainders; Construction of Words of Survivorship in Wills
§ 44-6-68. Validity of Limitations Over Upon Marriage of Widow