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Sign the Petition to the Georgia General Assembly for a Trusts for Animals Law.
Georgia is the only state in the Southeast without a law for valid and enforceable Trusts for Animals. Help change this situation by signing a petition to the Georgia legislature.
Below is the text of the petition requesting a Trusts for Animals law be passed in Georgia. We will send the petition to the appropriate parties in the Georgia General Assembly. To sign the petition, click on the email link below to add your name (or the name of your organization) to the petition. (To see the proposed text of the law, see “When will Georgia join other states allowing Trusts for Animals?” on our News/Events page.)
If you prefer not to use email, you may send your name, city and zip code to us via fax or U.S. mail, and we will add your name to the petition. (See our Contact Us page.)
Please note that in order to sign the petition, you must either be a Georgia resident or your company have a presence in Georgia. No advertising or solicitations will result from your signing this petition, and any personal information will remain strictly confidential.
Thank you for supporting this cause.
"To state Representative/state Senator ______________:
Although the 2008 Georgia General Assembly will not be considering the comprehensive revision of the Georgia Trust Code that had been tentatively scheduled for the this year's session, I request that the provision for Trusts for Animals (§ 53-12-18 of the proposal by the Fiduciary Section of the State Bar of Georgia) be presented and passed as a stand-alone bill.
This law would give Georgians the right to create and fund a legally valid trust for the benefit of an animal(s) alive at the time of that person’s death. Georgia is the only state in the Southeast without such a law, and a large majority of states in the country (38 states plus the District of Columbia) have Trusts for Animals laws in effect. It does not reflect well on Georgia to be the only Southeastern state without such a law, but this situation can be corrected.
Do not delay on passing a Georgia Trusts for Animals statute. If the proposed Trust Code revisions are not approved, please take the necessary steps to make a stand-alone Trusts for Animals law a reality in Georgia.
Respectfully,
YOUR NAME HERE."
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