§ 53-10-4 - (Pre-1998 Probate Code) Order dispensing with administration -- Liability of heirs to unsecured creditors after distribution of property - Georgia Statutes

O.C.G.A. 53-10-4 (2010)
53-10-4. (Pre-1998 Probate Code) Order dispensing with administration -- Liability of heirs to unsecured creditors after distribution of property

After the granting of an order by the judge of the probate court that no administration or no permanent administration, as the case may be, is necessary, by reason of the fact that the decedent owed no debts at the time of his death other than as allowed in this chapter, if it thereafter appears that there are debts unsecured and unsatisfied and if it further appears that the heirs at law have received the proceeds of the estate, the creditor or creditors shall have a right of action on the unsatisfied debts against the heirs at law, to the extent of value of property received by the heirs at law.