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# O.C.G.A. § 15-1-9. When judge not disqualified.

Any judge, irrespective of his relationship to a party to the case or his interest in the case, shall be qualified to try any civil case in his court where there is no defense filed in the case, except where either party to the case objects to the related judge.

## History

Ga. L. 1933, p. 187, § 1; Code 1933, § 24-111.

## Cross References

Pleadings and motions generally, § 9-11-7 et seq. Default judgments generally, § 9-11-55.