Chapter

Chapter 7

O.C.G.A. § 53-7-1— General powers and duties of personal representative; additional powers
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-2— Administration of entire estate; distribution of residuum
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-3— Powers and immunities of administrator with will an- nexed
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-4— Powers of temporary administrators pending appointment of personal representative and executors pending litigation of caveats to wills
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-5— Powers, duties, and liabilities if more than one personal representative; safe deposit boxes or receptacles
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-6— Power to borrow money, make and fulfill contracts, provide legal counsel, continue decedent’s business, and perform other acts
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-7— Disposition of income received during administration
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-8— Support and education of minor heirs and beneficiaries without conservators
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-10— Allowable defenses; generally
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-11— Allowable defenses; action originating in lifetime of decedent
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-12— Survival of action
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-13— Service of notice, writ, or process
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-14— Action against removed personal administrator
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-15— Applicability of provisions relating to sureties on guardians’ or conservators’ bonds
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-16— Joint and several liability of personal representative and sureties
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-17— Liability on common bond of two or more personal representatives
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-18— Liability of sureties on bond of removed personal representative
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-19— Action on bond for failure to settle and account with heir or beneficiary
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-20— Action on bond upon liability of decedent and return of execution marked nulla bona
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-21— Against what property judgment levied
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-22— Levy upon property; entering of judgment and issuance of execution
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-23— Property upon which execution levied
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-30— Filing and contents
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-31— Making of inventory jointly by all personal representatives; proof of joint possession of assets
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-32— Waiver of right to receive; relieving personal representative of duty to make
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-33— Power of testator to dispense with making inventory
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-34— Failure to return a correct inventory
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-40— Liability of estate; priority of claims
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-41— Notice for creditors to render accounts; notification of creditors’ claims; requirement of reasonable additional proof or accounting; failure of creditors to give notice of claims
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-42— Time for payment of debts; time for commencing action to recover debt
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-43— Compelling heirs or beneficiaries to contribute to pay- ment of debt
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-44— Satisfaction of debts
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-45— Compromise of claims
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-50— Petition by personal representative for discharge; citation and publication; hearing; subsequently discovered estate
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-51— Discharge when funds unclaimed
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-52— Discharge of temporary administrator
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-53— Discharge obtained by fraud
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-54— Breach of fiduciary duty
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-55— Revocation of letters other sanctions
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-56— Resignation
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-60— Jurisdiction
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-61— Filing of petition upon termination of personal repre- sentative
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-62— Appearance before court; failure of personal representative to appear; right to appeal
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-63— Making and enforcing final settlement
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-64— Accounting for income on property administered
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-65— Recordation of final receipts; admission in evidence
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-66— Refunding bonds
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-67— Required annual filing; reporting period
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-68— Mailing of return to heirs and beneficiaries; relieving personal representative of duty to file return
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-69— Power of testator to dispense with necessity of return
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-69.1— Annual statement of receipts and disbursements
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-70— Examination and recordation of returns and vouchers; evidentiary effect
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-71— Return of nonresident or deceased personal represen- tative
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-72— Docket of persons liable to make returns; failure to make returns
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-73— Filing and contents of intermediate report; notice to heirs and beneficiaries
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-74— Filing of objections to intermediate report; continua- tion of hearing; appeal
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-75— Construction of will by superior court
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-76— Judgment surcharging fiduciary
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-77— Conclusiveness of order on intermediate report
O.C.G.A. § 53-7-78— Taxing of costs