The instrument may also be filed in the probate court of the county in which proceedings concerning the transferor’s estate are pending or in which they could be commenced and, in the case of real property, in the real property records of the county in which the real property is located. An instrument so filed in the probate court shall be conclusively presumed to have been received by the personal representative of the transferor’s estate not later than the date of such filing, but earlier receipt may be shown.
History. Code 1981, § 53-1-20 , enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10; Ga. L. 1998, p. 1586, § 7; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1322, § 1; Ga. L. 2007, p. 210, § 1/HB 139; Ga. L. 2011, p. 752, § 53/HB 142.
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For annual survey of wills, trusts, and administration of estates, see 42 Mercer L. Rev. 491 (1990).
For annual survey article discussing wills, trusts, and administration of estates, see 51 Mercer L. Rev. 487 (1999).
For note, “Linkous v. Candler: The Future of Acceleration of Remainders in Georgia,” see 16 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 879 (2000).