CHAPTER 9 - PROBATE COURTS
- ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
- § 15-9-1 - Election; term
- § 15-9-1.1 - Required training courses; filing of certificate of completion; effect of failure to meet training requirements; payment of and reimbursement of expenses
- § 15-9-10 - Temporary filling of vacancy; compensation
- § 15-9-11 - Calling of special election to fill vacancy; term of person elected
- § 15-9-11.1 - Assumption of duties by chief clerk upon vacancy in office of probate judge; filling of vacancy; compensation
- § 15-9-12 - Disposition of unfinished proceedings of predecessor
- § 15-9-13 - Procedure where judge disqualified or unable to act; compensation of substitute
- § 15-9-14 - Sheriffs to act as administrators when probate judge is superior court clerk in absence of county administrator
- § 15-9-15 - Council of Probate Court Judges of Georgia
- § 15-9-16 - Authority of retired judge to perform marriage ceremonies
- § 15-9-17 - Service in action in which the service of a minor or incapacitated adult is required
- § 15-9-18 - Remittance of interest from cash bonds
- § 15-9-2 - Eligibility and disabilities; restrictions on fiduciary role
- § 15-9-2.1 - Appointment, compensation, term, authority, qualifications, training, and other limitations of associate probate court judges
- § 15-9-3 - Restrictions on practice of law
- § 15-9-4 - Additional eligibility requirements in certain counties
- § 15-9-5 - When judge ineligible for reelection
- § 15-9-6 - Oath of office
- § 15-9-7 - Bond
- § 15-9-8 - Qualification; approval of bond; filing of bond
- § 15-9-9 - When other security ordered; vacancy declared on failure to comply
- ARTICLE 2 - JURISDICTION, POWER, AND DUTIES
- § 15-9-30 - Subject matter jurisdiction; powers and duties generally; copy of Official Code of Georgia Annotated furnished for each judge
- § 15-9-30.1 - Jurisdiction in cases involving removal of obstructions from roads
- § 15-9-30.2 - Approval of bonds, qualification of officers, and delivery of commissions
- § 15-9-30.3 - Jurisdiction over Game and Fish Code misdemeanor violations
- § 15-9-30.4 - Authority to hear cases as to violations of Code Section 12-3-10
- § 15-9-30.5 - Jurisdiction to try certain violations of "Georgia Boat Safety Act."
- § 15-9-30.6 - Jurisdiction to try certain drug and alcohol offenses
- § 15-9-30.7 - Jurisdiction to try certain cases involving litter
- § 15-9-30.8 - Jurisdiction to try certain cases involving operation of off-road vehicle
- § 15-9-31 - Authority of judge of probate court to grant administration
- § 15-9-32 - Jurisdiction over estate of nonresident with property or cause in several counties
- § 15-9-33 - Authority to administer oaths
- § 15-9-34 - Contempt powers
- § 15-9-35 - Power to cite absconding fiduciaries; publication of order; mailing of order; entry on minutes
- § 15-9-36 - Judges of probate courts as clerks thereof; chief clerk; authority to appoint other clerks; powers of appointed clerks
- § 15-9-37 - Duties of clerks or probate judges acting as clerks
- § 15-9-38 - Filing of wills; confidentiality of files; public docket
- § 15-9-39 - Docket of applications and cases
- § 15-9-40 - Filing and recording of proceedings; fees
- § 15-9-41 - Minutes of proceedings
- § 15-9-42 - Docket of fiduciaries
- § 15-9-43 - Preservation of newspapers; final disposition; agreement with superior court clerk or sheriff
- § 15-9-44 - Authorization of use of photostatic and photographic equipment
- § 15-9-45 - Filing of photostatic records
- § 15-9-46 - Validity of photostatic records
- § 15-9-47 - Default judgments in probate court
- ARTICLE 3 - COSTS AND COMPENSATION
- § 15-9-60 - Costs
- § 15-9-60.1 - Additional marriage license fee for Children's Trust Fund
- § 15-9-61 - Deposit of costs prerequisite to filing; affidavit of indigence; repayment of excess
- § 15-9-62 - Issuance of execution for costs; trial of illegality or defense in superior court
- § 15-9-63 - Schedule of minimum salaries
- § 15-9-63.1 - Compensation for services as magistrate or chief magistrate; longevity increases
- § 15-9-64 - Supplementation of minimum salaries
- § 15-9-64.1 - Monthly contingent expense allowance schedule for the operation of the office of the judge of the probate court
- § 15-9-65 - Longevity increases
- § 15-9-66 - Effect of minimum salary provisions on judges currently in office; salaries not reduced; expenses not covered by salary
- § 15-9-67 - Fee systems continued until enactment of local legislation
- § 15-9-68 - Limitation of probate judge's fees
- ARTICLE 4 - TIME, PLACE, AND PROCEDURE
- § 15-9-80 - Location of office
- § 15-9-81 - Additional location authorized in certain counties
- § 15-9-82 - Place and time for holding court
- § 15-9-83 - Time for transacting business; calendar
- § 15-9-84 - Adjournments; entry on minutes
- § 15-9-85 - Adjournment by appointed person
- § 15-9-86 - Application to judge of probate court; petition; notice and service thereof
- § 15-9-86.1 - Statements in lieu of stating time of hearing in certain types of proceedings
- § 15-9-87 - Contents of order
- § 15-9-88 - Objections or caveats to order
- § 15-9-89 - Amendment of petition and caveat
- § 15-9-90 - Adoption of forms for probate court; local alteration
- ARTICLE 5 - PROBATE JUDGES TRAINING COUNCIL
- § 15-9-100 - Creation of Probate Judges Training Council; duties of council
- § 15-9-101 - Powers; bond of personnel employed by council and empowered to handle funds; audits
- § 15-9-102 - Composition; terms of office; vacancies
- § 15-9-103 - Meetings; officers; reimbursement of expenses
- § 15-9-104 - Eligibility of councilmember to hold office of judge of probate court
- § 15-9-105 - Note
- ARTICLE 6 - JURY TRIALS AND APPEALS
- ARTICLE 7 - PROBATE COURT JUDGES