Georgia § 53-2-22 - Petition by person claiming to be heir or distributee.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 53-2-22 — Petition by person claiming to be heir or distributee., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 53-2-22. Petition by person claiming to be heir or distributee.
Any individual claiming to be an heir or any person in any way interested as a distributee in any property under the laws of intestacy may apply to either the probate court or the superior court specified in Code Section 53-2-20 to have the claim of heirship and quantity of interest established. The petition in such a case shall contain the same averments as to all parties at interest required of persons filing under Code Section 53-2-21 with the person charged with the duty of distribution being named as a party. (Code 1981, § 53-2-22 , enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10.)
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