Título 15. COURTS · Capítulo 9. PROBATE COURTS · Artículo 2. JURISDICTION, POWER, AND DUTIES
15-9-34. Contempt powers.
Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
El texto siguiente es la ley tal como la imprime el estado, en inglés.
- (a)
The judge of the probate court shall have power to enforce obedience to all lawful orders of his or her court, including a guardianship order or conservatorship order from another state that has been registered with and recorded by the probate court under Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 29, by attachment for contempt under the same rules as are provided for other courts.#
- (b)
Probate courts may issue rules and attachments for contempts offered the court or its process by any executor, administrator, guardian, or other person and may punish the same by a fine as high as $500.00 or imprisonment not exceeding 20 days, or both.#
History
Orig. Code 1863, §§ 307, 4021, 4033; Code 1868, §§ 367, 4050, 4063; Code 1873, §§ 332, 4121, 4128; Code 1882, §§ 332, 4121, 4128; Civil Code 1895, §§ 4233, 4261, 4267; Civil Code 1910, §§ 4791, 4819, 4825; Code 1933, §§ 24-2113, 24-2114; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1421, § 1; Ga. L. 2019, p. 693, § 38/HB 70. The 2019 amendment, effective January 1, 2020, in subsection (a), inserted ‘‘or her’’, and inserted ‘‘, including a guardianship order or conservatorship order from another state that has been registered with and recorded by the probate court under Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 29,’’.
Cross references
Exercise of contempt power generally, § 15-1-4.
Law reviews
For article, ‘‘Contempt of Court in Georgia,’’ see 23 Ga. St. B. J. 66 (1987). For article, ‘‘How Not to Get Thrown in Jail,’’ see 22 Ga. Bar. J. 17 (June 2017).
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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
Texto leído de t15-ch1-11a-(v13)-2020-pdf.pdf, Volumen V13, edición 2020, páginas 454 a 455; acción de fusión: carried; SHA-256 del archivo 1f1f034443c3.