In the most recent installment of the McGuireWoods Fiduciary Advisory Services annual multipart series on recent fiduciary cases, developments in the law concerning various topics are examined through the following: -

Maxey v. Sapp, 796 S.E.2d 740, 034 Ga. App. 116 (2017) Conflicting evidence regarding oral instructions given at the time of a conveyance created uncertainty as to whether the conveyance resulted in a constructive trust.

Roberts v. Smith, 801 S.E.2d 915, 341 Ga. App. 823 (2017) Georgia law presumes that when family members hold property as joint tenants with rights of survivorship, a family member who furnishes consideration or makes mortgage payments without seeking contribution makes a gift to the other family members.