As used in this chapter, the term:
History. Code 1981, § 53-13-2 , enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 1089, § 1/SB 301; Ga. L. 2019, p. 1056, § 53/SB 52; Ga. L. 2020, p. 377, § 1-93/HB 865; Ga. L. 2020, p. 493, § 53/SB 429.
The 2019 amendment, effective May 12, 2019, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “data bases” for “databases” in paragraph (14).
The 2020 amendments. —
The first 2020 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, in paragraph (2), designated the first sentence as subparagraph (2)(A) and the second sentence as subparagraph (2)(B); in subparagraph (2)(B), substituted “: (i) Health” for “health”, substituted “; (ii) Person” for “nor a person”, added “; or” and added division (2)(B)(iii); added “, but shall not include a conservator appointed pursuant to paragraph (1) of Code Section 9-16-14 unless the order appointing such conservator expressly so states and the proceeding pursuant to Chapter 16 of Title 9 in which such conservator is appointed concerns specific property consisting of or including digital assets” at the end of subparagraph (4)(B); in paragraph (17), inserted “original, additional, or successor” and substituted “a person legally authorized to perform substantially the same functions” for “special administrator”; and, in paragraph (24), substituted “an original, additional, or successor trustee” for “a successor trustee”. The second 2020 amendment, effective July 29, 2020, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, inserted “or” following “instrumentality,” near the end of paragraph (16).
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2020, a comma was deleted before the semicolon at the end of division (2)(B)(i).
Law reviews.
For annual survey on wills, trusts, guardianships, and fiduciary administration, see 70 Mercer L. Rev. 275 (2018).