Peculiarities of the Execution of Wills in the Georgian Legal Framework

Abstract

Georgia’s civil legislation contains legal norms regulating testamentary succession, however, it should be noted that the legislation also includes provisions that require special study and in‑depth interpretation, since public awareness of the institution of testamentary succession is not particularly high, especially in cases where a will executed in Georgia must be enforced in another country, or conversely.

Despite Georgia’s enactment of a law on private international law, the practical application of its provisions remains problematic.

Thus, the study addresses those statutory provisions that determine how a will should be executed and under what conditions, particularly where the will was written abroad or is to be executed in a foreign state.

Because the subject protects an individual’s right to private property, the protection of human rights should be constituted the main fundamental postulate of the state and the nations socio-economic well-being should be rest upon the recognition and protection of human rights as the supreme social and legal value.