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GA Code § 29-3-115 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 29 - Guardian and Ward|Chapter 3 - Conservators of Minors|Article 10 - Foreign Conservatorships|Part 4 - Foreign Conservator|§ 29-3-115. "Foreign Conservator" Defined; Sale of Minor's Property

  For purposes of this part, a "foreign conservator" is a conservator or other person who has been given responsibility by a court of competent jurisdiction in another state or territory governed by the Constitution of the United States for the care of the property of a minor and whose conservatorship has not been transferred to and accepted in this state pursuant to the provisions of Part 2 of this article.   Any foreign conservator of a minor who resides in any other state and who is authorized to sell and convey property of the minor may sell property of the minor which is in this state, under the rules and regulations prescribed for the sale of real estate by conservators of this state, provided that the foreign conservator must file and have recorded in the court or other proper court, at the time of petitioning for sale, an authenticated copy of the letters of appointment and must also file with the court or other proper authority bond with good and sufficient security, in double the value of the property to be sold, for the faithful execution of the conservatorship, as provided by law.     (Code 1981, §29-3-115, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 39 C.J.S., Guardian and Ward, § 274 et seq.
GA Code § 29-3-116 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 29 - Guardian and Ward|Chapter 3 - Conservators of Minors|Article 10 - Foreign Conservatorships|Part 4 - Foreign Conservator|§ 29-3-116. Right of Foreign Conservator to Bring Action

 A foreign conservator may institute an action in any court in this state to enforce any right or to recover any property belonging to the minor or accruing to the foreign conservator in his or her capacity as conservator.    (Code 1981, §29-3-116, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 39 Am. Jur. 2d, Guardian and Ward, § 217 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 39 C.J.S., Guardian and Ward, § 274 et seq.   ALR.   - Capacity of guardian to sue or to be sued outside state where appointed, 94 A.L.R.2d 162.
GA Code § 29-3-117 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 29 - Guardian and Ward|Chapter 3 - Conservators of Minors|Article 10 - Foreign Conservatorships|Part 4 - Foreign Conservator|§ 29-3-117. Filing of Letters of Conservatorship

 Pending an action brought by a foreign conservator pursuant to Code Section 29-3-116, an authenticated copy of the letters of conservatorship shall be filed with the clerk of the court to become a part of the record if the case is pending in a court of record, or filed with the papers if the action is a summary proceeding.    (Code 1981, §29-3-117, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1.)
GA Code § 29-3-118 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 29 - Guardian and Ward|Chapter 3 - Conservators of Minors|Article 10 - Foreign Conservatorships|Part 4 - Foreign Conservator|§ 29-3-118. Submission of Foreign Conservator to Jurisdiction

 A foreign conservator submits personally to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state in any proceeding relating to the conservatorship by:    Receiving payment of money or taking delivery of personal property in this state belonging to the minor; or   Doing any act as a conservator in this state that would have given this state jurisdiction over the conservator as an individual.     (Code 1981, §29-3-118, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1.)
GA Code § 29-3-119 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 29 - Guardian and Ward|Chapter 3 - Conservators of Minors|Article 10 - Foreign Conservatorships|Part 4 - Foreign Conservator|§ 29-3-119. Rights of Interested Parties Prior to Sale of Minor's Assets

 Any resident of this state who is interested as a creditor, heir, or will beneficiary of a minor whom a foreign conservator represents may apply to the proper court to compel the foreign conservator to protect his or her interest according to equity and good conscience before selling the minor's assets or removing the minor's assets beyond the limits of this state.    (Code 1981, §29-3-119, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1.)
GA Code § 29-3-120 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 29 - Guardian and Ward|Chapter 3 - Conservators of Minors|Article 10 - Foreign Conservatorships|Part 4 - Foreign Conservator|§ 29-3-120. Payment of Funds or Return of Property to Foreign Conservator on Minor's Behalf

  A person who is indebted to or has possession of tangible or intangible property of a minor may pay the debt or deliver the property to a foreign conservator of the minor. Payment of the debt or delivery of the property may be made upon proof that the foreign conservator has been appointed and is entitled to the debt payment or to receive delivery of the property.   Payment of the debt or delivery of the property in response to the demand discharges the debtor or possessor, unless the debtor or possessor has knowledge of proceedings for the appointment of a guardian, conservator, or other protective proceeding in this state.     (Code 1981, §29-3-120, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1.)
GA Code § 29-4-80 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 29 - Guardian and Ward|Chapter 4 - Guardians of Adults|Article 9 - Jurisdiction|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 29-4-80. Removal to Jurisdiction Where Ward Resides; Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem; Certification and Transfer of Records; Scope of Jurisdiction

  A guardian may petition to remove the guardianship to the jurisdiction of the court of the county in this state in which the ward resides.   Upon the filing of a petition to remove the guardianship to another county in this state, the court shall appoint a guardian ad litem for the ward. The court of the county in which the guardian was appointed shall grant the petition for removal only if the court determines that the removal is in the best interest of the ward.   Before the removal of the guardianship to another county in this state, the guardian shall file with the court of the county to which the guardianship is to be removed certified copies of all the records pertaining to the guardianship.   Following removal of a guardianship to another county in this state, the court of that county shall have the same jurisdiction over the guardian as if the guardian had been first appointed in that county, and every case growing out of or affecting the guardianship shall be heard and tried only in the county to which the guardianship has been removed.   The court in which an action or proceeding is pending or which has issued an order for a settlement of accounts, removal, or sanction of a guardian shall retain jurisdiction of such matters even though the guardianship has been removed to another county.     (Code 1981, §29-4-80, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Guardianship of incompetent or infant as affecting venue of action, 11 A.L.R. 167.
GA Code § 29-4-85 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 29 - Guardian and Ward|Chapter 4 - Guardians of Adults|Article 9 - Jurisdiction|Part 2 - Procedure|§ 29-4-85. Through 29-4-88

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2016, p. 563, § 2/HB 954, effective July 1, 2016.   Editor's notes.   - This part was based on Code 1981, §§ 29-4-85 through29-4-88, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 60, § 29/HB 95.
GA Code § 29-4-90 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 29 - Guardian and Ward|Chapter 4 - Guardians of Adults|Article 9 - Jurisdiction|Part 3 - Transfer of Guardianship|§ 29-4-90. Through 29-4-94

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2016, p. 563, § 2/HB 954, effective July 1, 2016.   Editor's notes.   - This part was based on Code 1981, §§ 29-4-90 through29-4-98, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1.
GA Code § 29-4-95 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 29 - Guardian and Ward|Chapter 4 - Guardians of Adults|Article 9 - Jurisdiction|Part 4 - Rights and Responsibilities of Foreign Guardians|§ 29-4-95. "Foreign Guardian" Defined; Sale of Ward's Property

  For purposes of this part, a "foreign guardian" is a guardian or other person who has been given responsibility by a court of competent jurisdiction in another state or territory governed by the Constitution of the United States for the care of an incapacitated adult referred to as the "ward" and whose guardianship has not been transferred to and accepted in this state pursuant to the provisions of Article 3 of Chapter 11 of this title.   Any foreign guardian of a ward who resides in any other state and who is authorized to sell and convey property of the ward may sell property of the ward which is in this state, under the rules and regulations prescribed for the sale of real estate by conservators of this state, provided that the foreign guardian must file and have recorded in the court or other proper court, at the time of petitioning for sale, an authenticated copy of the letters of appointment and must also file with the court or other proper authority bond with good and sufficient security in double the value of the property to be sold for the faithful execution of the guardianship as provided by law.     (Code 1981, §29-4-95, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1; Ga. L. 2016, p. 563, § 4/HB 954.)    The 2016 amendment,  effective July 1, 2016, substituted "Article 3 of Chapter 11 of this title" for "Part 2 of this article" at the end of subsection (a).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 39 C.J.S., Guardian and Ward, § 274 et seq.
GA Code § 29-4-96 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 29 - Guardian and Ward|Chapter 4 - Guardians of Adults|Article 9 - Jurisdiction|Part 4 - Rights and Responsibilities of Foreign Guardians|§ 29-4-96. Power to Recover Property

 A foreign guardian may institute an action in any court in this state to enforce any right or to recover any property belonging to the ward or accruing to the foreign guardian as such.    (Code 1981, §29-4-96, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 39 Am. Jur. 2d, Guardian and Ward, § 99 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 39 C.J.S., Guardian and Ward, § 187 et seq.   ALR.   - Capacity of guardian to sue or to be sued outside state where appointed, 94 A.L.R.2d 162.
GA Code § 29-4-97 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 29 - Guardian and Ward|Chapter 4 - Guardians of Adults|Article 9 - Jurisdiction|Part 4 - Rights and Responsibilities of Foreign Guardians|§ 29-4-97. Required Filings With Clerk of Court

 Pending an action brought by a foreign guardian pursuant to Code Section 29-4-96, an authenticated copy of the letters of guardianship shall be filed with the clerk of the court to become a part of the record, if the case is pending in a court of record, or filed with the papers if the action is a summary proceeding.    (Code 1981, §29-4-97, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1.)
GA Code § 29-4-98 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 29 - Guardian and Ward|Chapter 4 - Guardians of Adults|Article 9 - Jurisdiction|Part 4 - Rights and Responsibilities of Foreign Guardians|§ 29-4-98. Submission to Jurisdiction; Registration of Guardianship Order

  A foreign guardian submits personally to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state in any proceeding relating to the guardianship by:   Receiving payment of money or taking delivery of personal property in this state belonging to the ward;   Doing any act as a guardian in this state that would have given this state jurisdiction over the actor as an individual; or   Registering the guardianship order in this state pursuant to Code Section 29-11-30.     With respect to a guardianship order from another state that has been registered with and recorded by a court of this state under Code Section 29-11-30, in addition to any action such court of this state may take under this part or under subsection (b) of Code Section 29-11-32, such court of this state may communicate with the appointing court in such other state under subsection (a) of Code Section 29-11-4 to inform such appointing court of any proceeding relating to the guardianship initiated in this state under subsection (a) of this Code section, stating the reasons therefor.     (Code 1981, §29-4-98, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1; Ga. L. 2019, p. 693, § 12/HB 70.)    The 2019 amendment,  effective January 1, 2020, designated the existing provisions of this Code section as subsection (a); deleted "or" at the end of paragraph (a)(1); substituted "; or" for a period at the end of paragraph (a)(2); added paragraph (a)(3); and added subsection (b).
GA Code § 29-5-120 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 29 - Guardian and Ward|Chapter 5 - Conservators of Adults|Article 13 - Foreign Conservators|Part 1 - Removal of Conservators|§ 29-5-120. Petition for Removal; Prerequisites

  A conservator may petition to remove the conservatorship to the jurisdiction of the court of the county in this state in which the ward resides.   Upon the filing of a petition to remove the conservatorship to another county in this state, the court shall appoint a guardian ad litem for the ward. The court of the county in which the conservator was appointed shall grant the petition for removal only if the court determines that the removal is in the best interest of the ward.   Before the removal of the conservatorship to another county in this state, the conservator must give bond and good security to the court of such county as if the conservator had been first appointed by that court, and a certificate to this effect shall be filed in the court in which the conservator was appointed. The conservator shall file with the court of the county to which the conservatorship is to be removed certified copies of all the records pertaining to the conservatorship.   Following removal of a conservatorship to another county in this state, the court to which the conservatorship is removed shall have the same jurisdiction over the conservator as if the conservator had been first appointed in that county, and every case growing out of or affecting the conservatorship shall be heard and tried only in the county to which the conservatorship has been removed.   The sureties on the conservator's first bond shall be liable only for misconduct of the conservator up until the giving of new bond and security. The sureties on the new bond shall be liable for both past and future misconduct of the conservator.   The court in which an action or proceeding is pending or which has issued an order for a settlement of accounts, removal, or sanction of a conservator shall retain jurisdiction of such matters even though the conservatorship has been removed to another county.     (Code 1981, §29-5-120, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 60, § 29/HB 95.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Guardianship of incompetent or infant as affecting venue of action, 11 A.L.R. 167.
GA Code § 29-5-125 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 29 - Guardian and Ward|Chapter 5 - Conservators of Adults|Article 13 - Foreign Conservators|Part 2 - Transfer of Conservatorship|§ 29-5-125. Through 29-5-128

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2016, p. 563, § 3/HB 954, effective July 1, 2016.   Editor's notes.   - This part was based on Code 1981, §§ 29-5-125 through29-5-128, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 60, § 29/HB 95
GA Code § 29-5-130 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 29 - Guardian and Ward|Chapter 5 - Conservators of Adults|Article 13 - Foreign Conservators|Part 3 - Transfer of Conservatorship|§ 29-5-130. Through 29-5-134

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2016, p. 563, § 3/HB 954, effective July 1, 2016.   Editor's notes.   - This part was based on Code 1981, §§ 29-5-130 through29-5-134, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1.
GA Code § 29-5-135 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 29 - Guardian and Ward|Chapter 5 - Conservators of Adults|Article 13 - Foreign Conservators|Part 4 - Foreign Conservatorships|§ 29-5-135. "Foreign Conservator" Defined; Sale or Disposal of Property

  For purposes of this part, the term "foreign conservator" means a conservator or other person who has been given responsibility by a court of competent jurisdiction in another state or territory governed by the Constitution of the United States for the care of the property of an incapacitated adult, referred to as the ward, and whose conservatorship has not been transferred to and accepted in this state pursuant to the provisions of Article 3 of Chapter 11 of this title.   Any foreign conservator of a ward who resides in any other state and who is authorized to sell and convey property of the ward may sell property of the ward which is in this state, under the rules and regulations prescribed for the sale of real estate by conservators of this state, provided that the foreign conservator must file and have recorded in the court or other proper court, at the time of petitioning for sale, an authenticated copy of the letters of appointment and must also file with the court or other proper authority bond with good and sufficient security, in double the value of the property to be sold, for the faithful execution of the conservatorship as provided by law.     (Code 1981, §29-5-135, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 60, § 29/HB 95; Ga. L. 2016, p. 563, § 5/HB 954.)    The 2016 amendment,  effective July 1, 2016, substituted "Article 3 of Chapter 11 of this title" for "Part 2 of this article" at the end of subsection (a).
GA Code § 29-5-136 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 29 - Guardian and Ward|Chapter 5 - Conservators of Adults|Article 13 - Foreign Conservators|Part 4 - Foreign Conservatorships|§ 29-5-136. Conservator's Power to Bring Suit

 A foreign conservator may institute an action in any court in this state to enforce any right or to recover any property belonging to the ward or accruing to the foreign conservator in his or her capacity as conservator.    (Code 1981, §29-5-136, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 39 Am. Jur. 2d, Guardian and Ward, § 152 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 39 C.J.S., Guardian and Ward, § 255 et seq.   ALR.   - Capacity of guardian to sue or to be sued outside state where appointed, 94 A.L.R.2d 162.
GA Code § 29-5-137 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 29 - Guardian and Ward|Chapter 5 - Conservators of Adults|Article 13 - Foreign Conservators|Part 4 - Foreign Conservatorships|§ 29-5-137. Filing of Letters of Conservatorship With Court

 Pending an action brought by a foreign conservator pursuant to Code Section 29-5-136, an authenticated copy of the letters of conservatorship shall be filed with the clerk of the court to become a part of the record, if the case is pending in a court of record, or filed with the papers, if the action is a summary proceeding.    (Code 1981, §29-5-137, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1.)
GA Code § 29-5-138 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 29 - Guardian and Ward|Chapter 5 - Conservators of Adults|Article 13 - Foreign Conservators|Part 4 - Foreign Conservatorships|§ 29-5-138. Submission to Jurisdiction Personally of Foreign Conservator; Registration of Conservatorship

  A foreign conservator submits personally to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state in any proceeding relating to the conservatorship by:   Receiving payment of money or taking delivery of personal property in this state belonging to the ward;   Doing any act as a conservator in this state that would have given this state jurisdiction over the actor as an individual; or   Registering the conservatorship order in this state pursuant to Code Section 29-11-31.     With respect to a conservatorship order from another state that has been registered with and recorded by a court of this state under Code Section 29-11-31, in addition to any action such court of this state may take under this part or under subsection (b) of Code Section 29-11-32, such court of this state may communicate with the appointing court in such other state under subsection (a) of Code Section 29-11-4 to inform such appointing court of any proceeding relating to the conservatorship initiated in this state under subsection (a) of this Code section, stating the reasons therefor.     (Code 1981, §29-5-138, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1; Ga. L. 2019, p. 693, § 22/HB 70.)    The 2019 amendment,  effective January 1, 2020, designated the existing provisions of this Code section as subsection (a); deleted "or" at the end of paragraph (a)(1); substituted "; or" for a period at the end of paragraph (a)(2); added paragraph (a)(3); and added subsection (b).
GA Code § 29-5-139 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 29 - Guardian and Ward|Chapter 5 - Conservators of Adults|Article 13 - Foreign Conservators|Part 4 - Foreign Conservatorships|§ 29-5-139. Interested Parties' Right to Compel Foreign Conservator to Act With Equity and Good Conscience; Court's Communication With Appointing Foreign Court

  Any resident of this state who is interested as a creditor, heir, putative heir, or will beneficiary of a ward for whom a foreign conservator has been appointed may apply to the proper court to compel the foreign conservator to protect that interest according to equity and good conscience before selling the ward's assets or removing the ward's assets beyond the limits of this state.   With respect to a conservatorship order from another state that has been registered with and recorded by a court of this state under Code Section 29-11-31, in addition to any action such court of this state may take under this part or under subsection (b) of Code Section 29-11-32, such court of this state may communicate with the appointing court in such other state under subsection (a) of Code Section 29-11-4 to inform such appointing court of the application to compel such foreign conservator to protect an interest under subsection (a) of this Code section, stating the reasons therefor.     (Code 1981, §29-5-139, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1; Ga. L. 2019, p. 693, § 23/HB 70.)    The 2019 amendment,  effective January 1, 2020, designated the existing provisions of this Code section as subsection (a), and, in subsection (a), inserted "putative heir," near the middle, substituted "for whom a foreign conservator has been appointed" for "whom a foreign conservator represents" in the middle; and added subsection (b).
GA Code § 29-5-140 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 29 - Guardian and Ward|Chapter 5 - Conservators of Adults|Article 13 - Foreign Conservators|Part 4 - Foreign Conservatorships|§ 29-5-140. Payments to Foreign Conservator on Debts or Return of Property Belonging to Ward

  A person who is indebted to or has possession of tangible or intangible property of a ward may pay the debt or deliver the property to a foreign conservator of the ward. Payment of the debt or delivery of the property may be made upon proof of appointment and proof that the foreign conservator has been appointed and is entitled to debt payment or to receive delivery of the property.   Payment of the debt or delivery of the property in response to the demand discharges the debtor or possessor, unless the debtor or possessor has knowledge of proceedings for the appointment of a guardian, conservator, or other protective proceeding in this state.     (Code 1981, §29-5-140, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1.)