History. Ga. L. 1966, p. 609, § 17; Ga. L. 1968, p. 1104, § 6; Ga. L. 1985, p. 656, § 1; Ga. L. 2020, p. 377, § 2-7/HB 865.
The 2020 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, in subsection (a), in the second sentence, substituted “A personal representative, a temporary” for “An executor, an”, inserted “a conservator,”, and inserted “or her” twice; and, in subsection (c), inserted “or she” and “or her” in the second sentence and substituted “infant” for “infant,” at the beginning of the fourth sentence.
Cross references.
Appointment of guardian for incompetent person by judge of probate court generally, Ch. 5, T. 29.
Appointment of guardians ad litem in probate proceedings, § 53-3-19.
U.S. Code.
For provisions of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 17, see 28 U.S.C.
Law reviews.
For article, “Synopses of 1968 Amendments to the Appellate Procedure Act and Georgia Civil Practice Act,” see 4 Ga. St. B.J. 503 (1968).
For article, “The Child as a Party in Interest in Custody Proceedings,” see 10 Ga. St. B.J. 577 (1974).
For article discussing Allan v. Allan, 236 Ga. 199 , 223 S.E.2d 445 (1976), holding Georgia’s notice requirement for year’s support unconstitutional prior to 1977 revision, see 13 Ga. St. B.J. 85 (1976).
For article surveying developments in Georgia real property law from mid-1980 through mid-1981, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 219 (1981).
For article surveying developments in Georgia trial practice and procedure from mid-1980 through mid-1981, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 275 (1981).
For survey article on trial practice and procedure, see 34 Mercer L. Rev. 299 (1982).
For article, “Georgia’s ‘Door-Closing’ Statute: Who Bears the Burden?,” see 24 Ga. St. B.J. 141 (1988).
For annual survey of domestic relations cases, see 57 Mercer L. Rev. 173 (2005).
For survey article on appellate practice and procedure, see 60 Mercer L. Rev. 21 (2008).
For note, “The Great Escape: How One Plaintiff’s Sidestep of a Mandatory Arbitration Clause Was Applied to a Class in Bickerstaff v. SunTrust Bank,” see 68 Mercer L. Rev. 539 (2017).