Taxing of Costs

  1. Law
  2. Georgia Code
  3. Wills, Trusts, and Administration of Estates
  4. Administration of Estates Generally
  5. Settlement of Accounts
  6. Annual Returns and Intermediate Reports
  7. Taxing of Costs

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Costs shall be taxed against the estate or the parties as the probate court shall deem fair and reasonable.

(Code 1981, §53-7-78, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 31 Am. Jur. 2d, Executors and Administrators, §§ 895, 898, 1152, 1153, 1243.

C.J.S.

- 34 C.J.S., Executors and Administrators, § 985.

CHAPTER 8 INVESTMENTS, SALES, AND CONVEYANCES Article 1 Investments.
  • 53-8-1. Authorized investments; standard of care; deviation from will or other disposition; investments by personal representative who is a bank or trust company.
  • 53-8-2. Real property.
  • 53-8-3. Securities, obligations, and interest-bearing deposits.
  • 53-8-4. Government obligations; standard of prudence; corporate fiduciaries.
  • 53-8-5. Retention of property by personal representative; corporate fiduciaries.
Article 2 Sales and Conveyances.
  • 53-8-10. (For effective date, see note.) Authority of personal representative; petition by temporary administrator.
  • 53-8-11. (For effective date, see note.) Property that is perishable, liable to deteriorate, or expensive to keep.
  • 53-8-12. Stocks or bonds.
  • 53-8-13. (For effective date, see note.) General procedures.
  • 53-8-14. (For effective date, see note.) Warranty; personal liability of personal representative.
  • 53-8-15. (For effective date, see note.) Passage of title to heirs or beneficiaries; assent of personal representative.
Editor's notes.

- This chapter was effective January 1, 1998, to the extent that no vested rights of title, year's support, succession, or inheritance are impaired, as provided by the version of Code Section 53-1-1 enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10, as amended by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1352, § 1.

Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10, effective January 1, 1998, repealed the Code sections formerly codified at this chapter, and enacted the current chapter. The former chapter consisted of §§ 53-8-1 through53-8-73, and was based on Laws 1764, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 302; Laws 1804, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 313; Laws 1805, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 314; Laws 1809, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 315; Laws 1816, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 319; Laws 1821, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 532; Laws 1826, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 323; Laws 1845, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 334; Laws 1850, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 338; Ga. L. 1851-52, p. 91, §§ 1, 11, 12; Ga. L. 1851-52, p. 242, § 1; Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 378, § 1; Ga. L. 1853-54, p. 36, § 1; Ga. L. 1855-56, p. 144, § 1; Ga. L. 1858, p. 56, § 1; Ga. L. 1861, p. 32, § 1; Code 1863, §§ 2513-2520, 2522, 2524, 2525, 2527-2529, 3666-3669; Ga. L. 1863-64, p. 30, § 1; Ga. L. 1865-66, p. 83, § 2; Ga. L. 1866, p. 65, § 1; Code 1868, §§ 2511, 2513-2523, 2525-2528, 3690-3693; Ga. L. 1869, p. 13, § 1; Ga. L. 1872, p. 32, § 1; Code 1873, §§ 2541, 2554-2564, 2566-2569, 3743-3746; Ga. L. 1873, p. 30, § 1; Ga. L. 1877, p. 115, § 1; Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 49, § 1; Code 1882, §§ 2541, 2554-2559(a), 2560-2564, 2566-2569, 3743-3746; Ga. L. 1884-85, p. 128, § 1; Ga. L. 1884-85, p. 142, § 2; Civil Code 1895, §§ 3181, 3432, 3445-3457, 3459-3463, 3514, 4630-4633; Ga. L. 1901, p. 57, § 1; Civil Code 1910, §§ 3764, 3765, 4008, 4021-4039, 4094, 5176-5179; Ga. L. 1920, p. 80, § 1; Ga. L. 1920, p. 245, §§ 1, 2; Code 1933, §§ 113-1517, 113-1519, 113-1520, 113-1701 through 113-1714, 113-1716 through 113-1724, 113-1801 through 113-1804; Ga. L. 1935, p. 483, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1939, p. 366, § 1; Ga. L. 1943, p. 236, §§ 3-5; Ga. L. 1943, p. 416, § 1; Ga. L. 1951, p. 476, § 1; Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 178, § 1; Ga. L. 1958, p. 657, §§ 13, 14, 19-22; Ga. L. 1959, p. 326, § 1; Ga. L. 1961, p. 188, § 1; Ga. L. 1970, p. 230, § 1; Ga. L. 1972, p. 450, §§ 1-5; Ga. L. 1973, p. 718, § 1; Ga. L. 1974, p. 1135, § 1; Ga. L. 1976, p. 1524, § 1; Ga. L. 1984, p. 974, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 882, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 982, § 23; Ga. L. 1986, p. 1553, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 191, § 9; Ga. L. 1988, p. 725, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 810, § 11; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1438, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1994, p. 1173, §§ 5, 6.

ARTICLE 1 INVESTMENTS


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