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SLOSBERG v. GILLER

S21G1226.

876 S.E.2d 228 (2022)

SLOSBERG v. GILLER, et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: June 30, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick Skip Sugarman , Matthew Greer Hawk , Sugarman Law, LLP, 154 Krog Street, Suite 190, Atlanta, Georgia 30307, for Appellant.

Tyler Charles Dixon , Raiford & Dixon, LLC, 1155 Hightower Trail, Suite 200, Atlanta, Georgia 30350, Leah Ward Sears , Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP, 1105 W. Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 1000, Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3608, Sasha Nina Greenberg , Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP, 1230 Peachtree Street NE, Promenade II, Ste. 3100, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, for Appellee.

Timothy Kyle King , Hodges, McEachern & King, 2002 Commerce Drive North, Suite 300, Peachtree City, Georgia 30269, Nikola R. Djuric , Djuric Spratt P.A., 191 Peachtree St NE Ste 4400, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Amicus Appellant.

Georgia law permits a settlor or testator to include in his trust instrument or will an "in terrorem clause." "In terrorem" is a Latin phrase that means "in order to frighten," and this type of clause, which is also known as a "no-contest clause," is "[a] provision designed to threaten one into action or inaction; esp[ecially],...

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