Georgia court upholds father's first property deed to son over daughter's claim

A Georgia father transferred his property to his son through a signed deed in June 2016, only to sign another deed giving the same property to his daughter two days later. The competing documents eventually led to a family dispute that reached the Georgia Court of Appeals, where judges upheld the earlier transfer. The June 18, 2026, ruling in Choi v. Choi clarified how an improperly witnessed deed can remain legally binding between the people involved, even when questions arise about its formal registration.Georgia father’s two property deeds to his son and daughterThe dispute concerned a property in Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia, and the competing claims of a father’s two children, Abraham Jang Kyong Choi and Kang Hee Choi.According to the Georgia Court of Appeals judgment, the father, Kwan Bok Choi, signed a quitclaim deed transferring his interest in the property to his son on June 25, 2016.