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  7. Section 53-12-21 - Formal and precatory words
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Section 53-12-21 - Formal and precatory words

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(a) No formal words shall be necessary to create an express trust.(b) Words otherwise precatory in nature will create a trust only if they are sufficiently imperative to show a settlor's intention to impose enforceable duties on a trustee and if all other elements of an express trust are present.Added by 2010 Ga. Laws 506,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2010.