B. Claims that lawyers are escrow agents.................................................................................................... 2. C. Lawyers found to have duties of escrow agents ......................................................................................
HOPE Programs. HOPE Scholarship is a merit-based award available to Georgia residents who have demonstrated academic achievement. A Hope Scholarship recipient must graduate from high school with a minimum 3.0 grade point average and maintain a minimum 3.0 cumulative postsecondary grade point average to remain eligible.
The Hope Scholarship tax credit is no longer subject to the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) starting in 2009. (The amount of the maximum Hope Scholarship was originally $1,500. It was increased to $1,650 in 2006, to $1,800 in 2008 and to $2,500 for 2009 and 2010. The Tax Relief Act of 2010 extended the American Opportunity Tax Credit's improvements to the Hope Scholarship through 2012.