Georgia Code
Article 5 - Life Estates
§ 44-6-83. Rights and Duties of Life Tenant; Forfeiture of Interest to Remainderman

The tenant for life shall be entitled to the full use and enjoyment of the property if in such use he exercises the ordinary care of a prudent man for its preservation and protection and commits no acts which would permanently injure the remainder or reversion interest. For the want of such care or the willful commission of such acts, the tenant for life shall forfeit his interest to the remainderman if the remainderman elects to claim immediate possession.
History. Orig. Code 1863, § 2235; Code 1868, § 2229; Code 1873, § 2255; Code 1882, § 2255; Civil Code 1895, § 3090; Civil Code 1910, § 3666; Code 1933, § 85-604.
Law reviews.
For comment on Graham v. Bryant, 211 Ga. 856 , 89 S.E.2d 640 (1955), see 19 Ga. B.J. 362 (1957).
For article surveying recent legislative and judicial developments in Georgia’s real property laws, see 31 Mercer L. Rev. 187 (1979).

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