Georgia Code
Article 6 - Construction of Will; Testamentary Gifts
§ 53-4-63. Payment of Debts of Testator and Expenses of Estate Administrator

History. Code 1981, § 53-4-63 , enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10; Ga. L. 2020, p. 377, § 1-14/HB 865.
The 2020 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, in subsection (a), inserted “and expenses of administration of the estate” in the first sentence, and in the second sentence, inserted “of the testator” and “of the estate”; in the first sentence in subsection (b), substituted “debts of the testator” for “testator’s debts” and inserted “of the estate”; and substituted “hands of the personal representative” for “executor’s hands” in subsection (c).
Law reviews.
For article, “The Time Gap in Wills: Shifting Assets and Shrinking Estates — Obsolescence and Testamentary Planning in Georgia,” see 6 Ga. L. Rev. 649 (1972).
For article surveying legislative and judicial developments in Georgia’s will, trusts, and estate laws, see 31 Mercer L. Rev. 281 (1979).
For article, “Tax Apportionment Problems under the Georgia Probate Code,” see 8 Ga. St. B.J. 16 (2003).

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