Georgia Code, Title 44, Chapter 6, Article 4 - Remainders and Reversions

• § 44-6-60 - Nature of Estates in Remainder and in Reversion; Rights of Reversioner
  (a) An estate in remainder is one limited to be enjoyed after another estate is terminated or at a time specified in the future.(b)...
• § 44-6-61 - Vested and Contingent Remainders Distinguished
  Remainders are either vested or contingent. A vested remainder is a remainder which is limited to a certain person at a certain time or...
• § 44-6-62 - Effect of Defeat of Estate on Remainder
  Since no particular estate is necessary to sustain a remainder, the defeat of the particular estate for any cause does not destroy the remainder.
• § 44-6-63 - Interest of Heirs of Remainderman
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1994, p. 364, § 2, effective March 25, 1994.
• § 44-6-64 - Creation of Remainders by Parol
  Estates in remainder may not be created by parol.
• § 44-6-65 - Creation of Remainder for Persons Not in Being; Vested Remainder Subject to Open
  Estates in remainder may be created for persons not in being. If such a remainder is vested, it will open to take in all...
• § 44-6-66 - Preference for Vested Remainders; Construction of Words of Survivorship in Wills
  The law favors the vesting of remainders in all cases of doubt. In construing wills, words of survivorship shall refer to those survivors living...
• § 44-6-67 - Effect of Executor's Assent to Legacy to Life Tenant on Remainderman; Possession At Termination of Life Estate
  The assent of an executor to a legacy to a life tenant inures to the benefit of the remainderman. At the termination of the...
• § 44-6-68 - Validity of Limitations Over Upon Marriage of Widow
  Limitations over upon the marriage of a widow shall be valid unless such limitations are manifestly intended to operate as a restraint upon the...

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