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What makes a signature valid in Georgia?

Sep 29th, 2022

elder law resources - ABLE Accounts - Additional Guidance - Trust Beneficiaries -Georgia Medicaid Manual - Nursing Home Cases

The dictionary definition of “signature” is “a person’s name written in a distinctive way as a form of identification in authorizing a check or document or concluding a letter.” There are no grades for penmanship when signing legal documents. Your signature is your mark, which is exactly how Georgia law defines it: “Signature” or “subscription” […]

Deed found to be valid despite allegations of undue influence

David McGuffey

Apr 12th, 2022

Georgia State Medicaid Plan - Rules of Evidence - Scholarly Articles - Medicaid's Obligation to Respond to a Medicaid Application - Appeal Challenging

In Estate of Bane (Tenn. Ct. App. 3/23/2022), Martha Bane gave her son, John Bane, a power of attorney with “full power and authority to do and perform all acts and things whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done . . . as I might or could do if acting personally.” She also executed a […]

What is the Rule Against Perpetuities?

David McGuffey

Jun 29th, 2021

The Rule Against Perpetuities routinely stumps law students and lawyers, and can turn home-made documents into disasters. A deed, trust Will, or other document that violates the Rule Against Perpetuities may be invalid in part or in whole, causing anticipated distributions to be uncertain or preventing them from happening at all. See Wikipedia: Rule Against […]

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What makes a signature valid in Georgia?

Deed found to be valid despite allegations of undue influence