The Act amends several aspects of trust law, including updating the application of the Uniform Statutory Rule Against Perpetuities in Georgia by extending the time within which a nonvested property interest or power of appointment must vest from 90 to 360 years. The Act also allows for modifications of a trust without judicial approval in some cases. Many passages are simplified, including the calculation of compensation for a trustee, which can now be modified through different procedures. Finally, the Act codifies the role of trust directors
This survey period saw the enactment of Georgia\u27s first comprehensive trust code, the enactment o...
Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code governs secured transactions in personal property and fixtu...
This article is the latest in a series of articles written by this author for the Mercer Law Review ...
The Act amends several aspects of trust law, including updating the application of the Uniform Statu...
The Act reorganizes Georgia trust law and codifies many common law principles that were previously r...
The Acts provide for changes to the Georgia law of wills. HB 157 provides that the residence of dece...
Georgia Trusts and Trustees provides guidance for acting as a trustee in Georgia, lays out the full ...
The Act creates the “Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act,” extends fiduciaries’ p...
The Act raises the standard of care applied to executors and trustees who make investments for other...
The Act provides for the termination of otherwise irrevocable trusts which have become economically ...
The Act changes existing law to allow probate judges in all Georgia counties to appoint assistant co...
The Act clarifies what sources of support the court may consider available to an applicant for year\...
The Act strikes Georgia\u27s Rule Against Perpetuities and adopts the Uniform Statutory Rule Against...
This Article discusses significant cases decided by the Georgia Court of Appeals during the period o...
This Article discusses significant cases decided by the Georgia Court of Appeals during the period o...
This survey period saw the enactment of Georgia\u27s first comprehensive trust code, the enactment o...
Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code governs secured transactions in personal property and fixtu...
This article is the latest in a series of articles written by this author for the Mercer Law Review ...
The Act amends several aspects of trust law, including updating the application of the Uniform Statu...
The Act reorganizes Georgia trust law and codifies many common law principles that were previously r...
The Acts provide for changes to the Georgia law of wills. HB 157 provides that the residence of dece...
Georgia Trusts and Trustees provides guidance for acting as a trustee in Georgia, lays out the full ...
The Act creates the “Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act,” extends fiduciaries’ p...
The Act raises the standard of care applied to executors and trustees who make investments for other...
The Act provides for the termination of otherwise irrevocable trusts which have become economically ...
The Act changes existing law to allow probate judges in all Georgia counties to appoint assistant co...
The Act clarifies what sources of support the court may consider available to an applicant for year\...
The Act strikes Georgia\u27s Rule Against Perpetuities and adopts the Uniform Statutory Rule Against...
This Article discusses significant cases decided by the Georgia Court of Appeals during the period o...
This Article discusses significant cases decided by the Georgia Court of Appeals during the period o...
This survey period saw the enactment of Georgia\u27s first comprehensive trust code, the enactment o...
Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code governs secured transactions in personal property and fixtu...
This article is the latest in a series of articles written by this author for the Mercer Law Review ...