When any personal representative fails to settle and account with any heir or beneficiary of the estate, the heir or beneficiary may bring an action on the bond of the personal representative in the first instance and may recover judgment against the principal and the principal’s sureties without first bringing an action against the personal representative in that person’s representative capacity.
History. Code 1981, § 53-7-19 , enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10.
Structure Georgia Code
Title 53 - Wills, Trusts, and Administration of Estates
Chapter 7 - Administration of Estates Generally
Article 2 - Actions Against Personal Representatives
§ 53-7-10. Allowable Defenses; Generally
§ 53-7-11. Allowable Defenses; Action Originating in Lifetime of Decedent
§ 53-7-13. Service of Notice, Writ, or Process
§ 53-7-14. Action Against Removed Personal Administrator
§ 53-7-15. Applicability of Provisions Relating to Sureties on Guardians’ or Conservators’ Bonds
§ 53-7-16. Joint and Several Liability of Personal Representative and Sureties
§ 53-7-17. Liability on Common Bond of Two or More Personal Representatives
§ 53-7-18. Liability of Sureties on Bond of Removed Personal Representative
§ 53-7-19. Action on Bond for Failure to Settle and Account With Heir or Beneficiary
§ 53-7-20. Action on Bond Upon Liability of Decedent and Return of Execution Marked Nulla Bona
§ 53-7-21. Against What Property Judgment Levied
§ 53-7-22. Levy Upon Property; Entering of Judgment and Issuance of Execution