Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 15. COURTS · Chapter 9. PROBATE COURTS · Article 6. JURY TRIALS AND APPEALS

15-9-123. Appeal.

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(a)
Either party to a civil case in the probate court shall have the right of appeal to the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals from any decision made by the probate court, except an order appointing a temporary administrator or an order appointing an emergency guardian or emergency conservator, as provided by Chapter 6 of Title 5.#
(b)
The general laws and rules of appellate practice and procedure that are applicable to cases appealed from the superior courts of this state shall be applicable to and govern appeals of civil cases from the probate courts.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 15-9-123, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 982, § 6; Ga. L. 2020, p. 377, § 2-20/HB 865.

Delayed effective date

This Code section, as set out above, becomes effective January 1, 2021. For version of this Code section in effect until January 1, 2021, see the 2020 amendment note. The 2020 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, inserted ‘‘from any decision made by the probate court, except an order appointing a temporary administrator or an order appointing an emergency guardian or emergency conservator’’ in the middle of subsection (a) and substituted ‘‘that’’ for ‘‘which’’ near the beginning of subsection (b).

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