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2010 Georgia Code

TITLE 44 - PROPERTY

CHAPTER 5 - ACQUISITION AND LOSS OF PROPERTY
ARTICLE 4 - GIFTS GENERALLY
PART 2 - GIFTS CAUSA MORTIS
§ 44-5-100 - Criteria for making valid gift causa mortis

O.C.G.A. 44-5-100 (2010)
44-5-100. Criteria for making valid gift causa mortis


(a) To constitute a valid gift in contemplation of death, the following criteria must be met:

(1) The object of the gift must be personal property;

(2) The donor must be in his last illness or in peril of death;

(3) The gift must be intended to be absolute only in the event of death;

(4) The gift must be perfected by either actual or symbolic delivery; and

(5) The gift must be proved by one or more witnesses.

(b) A gift in contemplation of death may be made by parol.