Standard Forms
William J. Self, II, Judge
Probate Court of Bibb County
Well, just when you thought you'd learned all of the new probate forms after the 1998 Code became effective on January 1, 1998, revisions were made to 12 of the forms, with an effective date of July 1, 1998. The forms revised are:
GPCSF 3 Petition for Letters of Administration
GPCSF 4 Petition to Probate Will in Common Form
GPCSF 5 Petition to Probate Will in Solemn Form
GPCSF 7 Petition to Probate Will in Solemn Form and for Letters of Administration with Will Annexed
GPCSF 8 Petition for Letters of Administration with Will Annexed (Will Previously Probated)
GPCSF 10 Petition for Year's Support
GPCSF 13 Petition of Personal Representative for Leave to Sell Property
GPCSF 14 Petition of Guardian for Leave to Sell Property at Private Sale
GPCSF 17 Petition for Leave to Convey or Encumber Property Previously Set Aside as Year's Support
GPCSF 27 Letters of Administration (Bond, Inventory and Returns Required)
GPCSF 32 Petition by Administrator for Waiver of Bond and/or Grant of Certain Powers
GPCSF 33 Petition for Discharge
If your firm does not have the current versions of these forms, please pick up a set at our offices (4th Floor Annex). If your firm subscribed to the Probate Court Forms on Disk, you should have already received the updated version of the disk with current versions of all standard forms. Additionally, the Uniform Probate Court Rules in Georgia Law on Disc by Michie should, by now, contain the current versions of all forms (which may imported into a word processing software). Please recall that we now expect attorneys to reproduce the standard forms for your firm's use, and the Court will no longer provide unlimited copies to law firms. Please also recall that the Certificate in Accordance with Uniform Probate Court Rule 21(F) is required on all forms reproduced by use of word processing.
I am contemplating doing a seminar on probate procedure and the proper completion of Georgia Probate Court Standard Forms for attorneys, paralegals and legal secretaries, which I would hope might carry some continuing legal education credits (though likely less hours than the full time of the seminar). I would anticipate that such a seminar might take about three hours, with at least one hour of CLE credit. I would very much appreciate knowing from some of you whether such a seminar might be well accepted and attended. If you wish to comment on its usefulness or desirability, please call my secretary, Betty Jean Clark.