(a) This chapter and Chapters 2 through 11 of this title, as such chapters were amended by an Act approved April 2, 1996 (Ga. L. 1996, p. 504), and an Act approved April 29, 1997 (Ga. L. 1997, p. 1352), and as such chapters may be amended in the future, shall be known and may be cited as the "Revised Probate Code of 1998."

(b) Except as otherwise provided by law, the provisions contained in this chapter and Chapters 2 through 11 of this title shall be effective on January 1, 1998; provided, however, that no vested rights of title, year's support, succession, or inheritance shall be impaired.