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2018 Georgia Code 15-5-5 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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O.C.G.A. 15-5-5 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 15-5-5

TITLE 15 COURTS

Section 5. Administration of Courts of Record Generally, 15-5-1 through 15-5-100.

ARTICLE 1 JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION

15-5-5. Duties of district administrative judge.

The duties and authority of each district administrative judge shall be as follows:

  1. To request, collect, and receive information from the courts of record within his district pursuant to uniform rules promulgated by the ten administrative judges; and
  2. To authorize and assign any superior court judge within the district to sit on any type of case or to handle other administrative or judicial matters within the district; provided, however, that the assignment shall be made with the consent of the assigned judge and with the consent of the majority of the judges of the circuit to which the assignment is made and that the assignment shall be made subject to rules promulgated by the district council by a majority vote of the superior court judges within the district.

(Ga. L. 1976, p. 782, § 6.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Procurement of senior judge from outside district.

- O.C.G.A. § 15-5-5(2) does not prevent an administrative judge from procuring the services of a senior judge from outside the administrative district because superior court judges, including senior judges, have jurisdiction to act in any circuit other than their own when the resident judge is disqualified. Shoemake v. Woodland Equities, Inc., 252 Ga. 389, 313 S.E.2d 689 (1984).

Assignment of a senior judge from outside the administrative district is valid under the provisions of paragraph (2) of O.C.G.A. § 15-5-5. Henderson v. Glen Oak, Inc., 179 Ga. App. 380, 346 S.E.2d 842 (1986), aff'd, 256 Ga. 619, 351 S.E.2d 640 (1987).

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 15-5-5

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Shoemake v. Woodland Equities, Inc., 313 S.E.2d 689 (Ga. 1984).

Cited 4 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Mar 14, 1984 | 252 Ga. 389

...rict which includes Forsyth County, following disqualification of the Forsyth County superior court judge assigned to hear this case. The neighbor urges that this appointment process violates Ferry v. State, 245 Ga. 698 (267 SE2d 1) (1980), and OCGA § 15-5-5 (Code Ann....
...Here, the disqualified judge did not appoint his successor; he notified the district administrative judge of his disqualification and the administrative judge appointed the successor. Ferry was therefore not violated. The neighbor argues that the administrative judge was required by OCGA § 15-5-5 (2) (Code Ann. § 24-3306a) to appoint a superior court judge "within the district" to serve. OCGA § 15-5-5 (Code Ann....
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Jersawitz v. Eldridge, 262 Ga. 19 (Ga. 1992).

Cited 2 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Feb 27, 1992 | 413 S.E.2d 725, 43 Fulton County D. Rep. 18

...en Records Act in a manner that would affect the substantive rights of potential litigants. For this reason, the order exceeds the scope of the judge’s administrative powers as District Administrative Judge of the Fifth Judicial District, see OCGA § 15-5-5,2 and as Chief Judge of the At*20lanta Judicial Circuit, see Ga....
...Harrison, J. Stephen Clifford, for appellee. Judgment reversed. Clarke, C. J., Weltner, P. J., Hunt, Benham and Fletcher, JJ., concur. OCGA § 50-18-74 makes it a misdemeanor for a person to wilfully refuse to provide access to public records. Section 15-5-5 provides as follows: The duties and authority of each district administrative judge shall be as follows: (1) To request, collect, and receive information from the courts of record within his district pursuant to uniform rules promulga...