2021 Georgia Code
Title 5 - Appeal and Error
Chapter 3 - Appeals to Superior or State Court
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 5-3-2. Right to Appeal From Probate Courts; Exception
- An appeal shall lie to the superior court from any decision made by the probate court, except an order appointing a temporary administrator.
- Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Code section, no appeal from the probate court to the superior court shall lie from any civil case in a probate court which is provided for by Article 6 of Chapter 9 of Title 15.
(Laws 1805, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 283; Laws 1823, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 497; Ga. L. 1851-52, p. 49, § 1; Ga. L. 1851-52, p. 91, § 19; Ga. L. 1859, p. 33, § 5; Code 1863, § 3530; Ga. L. 1866, p. 24, § 1; Code 1868, § 3553; Code 1873, § 3611; Code 1882, § 3611; Civil Code 1895, § 4454; Civil Code 1910, § 4999; Code 1933, § 6-201; Ga. L. 1972, p. 738, § 6; Ga. L. 1986, p. 982, § 1.)
Cross references.- Exercise of judicial power, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. VI, Sec. I, Para. VI.
Editor's notes.- Ga. L. 1986, p. 982, § 25, not codified by the General Assembly, provided that that Act would apply to all cases filed on or after July 1, 1986.
Law reviews.- For annual survey on trial practice and procedure, see 38 Mercer L. Rev. 383 (1986).
JUDICIAL DECISIONSANALYSIS
- General Consideration
- Applicability
- Jurisdiction
- Effect of Appeal
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 5 Am. Jur. 2d, Appellate Review, § 183 et seq.
ALR.- Questions or legal theories affecting trust estates as subject to consideration on appeal though not raised below, 11 A.L.R.2d 317.
Change of law after decision of lower court as affecting decision on appeal or error, 111 A.L.R. 1317; 151 A.L.R. 987.
Appealability of order pertaining to pretrial examination, discovery, interrogatories, production of books and papers, or the like, 37 A.L.R.2d 586.
Appealability of order, of court possessing probate jurisdiction, allowing or denying tardy presentation of claim to personal representative, 66 A.L.R.2d 659.
Appealability of order entered in connection with pretrial conference, 95 A.L.R.2d 1361.
Judgment subject to appeal as entitled to full faith and credit, 2 A.L.R.3d 1384.
