2020 Georgia Code
Title 9 - Civil Practice
Chapter 10 - Civil Practice and Procedure Generally
Article 7 - Continuances
- § 9-10-150. Grounds for Continuance and Stay - Attendance of Party or Attorney in General Assembly; Writing Requirement; Considerations
- § 9-10-151. Grounds for Continuance - Attendance at Board of Regents or Education Meeting
- § 9-10-152. Grounds for Continuance - Attendance at Meeting of Board of Human Services or Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
- § 9-10-153. Grounds for Continuance - Service in National Guard; Oath of Party or Statement of Counsel
- § 9-10-154. Grounds for Continuance - Party Providentially Prevented From Attendance; Statement of Counsel
- § 9-10-155. Grounds for Continuance - Illness or Absence of Counsel; Oath of Party
- § 9-10-156. Grounds for Continuance - Occupation of Counsel as Attorney General in Aid of General Assembly
- § 9-10-157. When Amending Party Granted Continuance
- § 9-10-158. Continuance to Enable Opposite Party to Meet Amendment; When Charged to Amending Party
- § 9-10-159. Legislator Attending General Assembly Excused as Witness; Deposition in Civil Case
- § 9-10-160. Continuance for Absence of Witness; What Application to Show
- § 9-10-161. Denial of Continuance for Absence of Witness or Testimony Where Opposite Party Makes Admission
- § 9-10-162. Continuance After Case Sent Back by Appellate Court
- § 9-10-163. Continuance of Appeals Case
- § 9-10-164. Continuances for One Term Only
- § 9-10-165. Case Not Reached Continued
- § 9-10-166. Diligence to Be Shown by Applicant for Continuance
- § 9-10-167. Continuance in Discretion of Court; Countershowing to Motion for Continuance
- § 9-10-168. When Postponement Substituted for Continuance
- § 9-10-169. Announcement and Docketing of Continuance
- Request for continuance in Juvenile Court proceedings, Uniform Rules for the Juvenile Courts of Georgia, Rule 7.7.
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Rulings on motion for continuance not disturbed absent abuse of discretion.
- Motion for continuance is addressed to the sound legal discretion of the court, and its judgment overruling the motion will not be disturbed unless it appears that there was a manifest abuse of discretion. J.L. Young Co. v. Minchew, 42 Ga. App. 228, 155 S.E. 356 (1930); Bloodworth v. Caldwell, 150 Ga. App. 443, 258 S.E.2d 64 (1979).
Absence of counsel without leave to attend trials in other courts is no ground for continuance or postponement. Bloodworth v. Caldwell, 150 Ga. App. 443, 258 S.E.2d 64 (1979).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
ALR.
- Time during or after civil trial at which court may entertain, or properly grant or deny, motion for continuance of trial, 112 A.L.R. 395.
Effect of war on litigation pending at the time of its outbreak, 137 A.L.R. 1335; 147 A.L.R. 1298; 148 A.L.R. 1384; 149 A.L.R. 1451; 149 A.L.R. 1452; 150 A.L.R. 1417; 150 A.L.R. 1418; 151 A.L.R. 1453; 152 A.L.R. 1450; 154 A.L.R. 1447.
Stay of civil proceedings pending determination of action in another state or country, 19 A.L.R.2d 301.
Withdrawal or discharge of counsel in civil case as ground for continuance, 48 A.L.R.2d 1155.
Continuance of civil case as conditioned upon applicant's payment of costs or expenses incurred by other party, 9 A.L.R.4th 1144.
