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2018 Georgia Code 15-9-40 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)

O.C.G.A. 15-9-40 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 15-9-40

TITLE 15 COURTS

Section 9. Probate Courts, 15-9-1 through 15-9-158.

ARTICLE 2 JURISDICTION, POWER, AND DUTIES

15-9-40. Filing and recording of proceedings.

The proceedings shall always be kept on file; and, whenever the final order is granted, the proceedings shall be recorded in a book to be kept for such purpose.

(Orig. Code 1863, § 4017; Code 1868, § 4046; Code 1873, § 4117; Code 1882, § 4117; Civil Code 1895, § 4257; Civil Code 1910, § 4815; Code 1933, § 24-2109; Ga. L. 2018, p. 356, § 1-22/SB 436.)

The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, substituted "such purpose" for "that purpose, for which the judge of the probate court shall receive the same fees as are allowed clerks of the superior courts for similar services" at the end.

Cross references.

- Limitation of access to probate court files, Uniform Rules for the Probate Courts, Rule 17.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Tucker v. American Sur. Co., 191 F.2d 959 (5th Cir. 1951); Bragg v. Bragg, 225 Ga. 494, 170 S.E.2d 29 (1969).

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Recording of proceedings in probate court.

- Proceedings in incompetency matters in the probate court should be handled in observance with the provisions of former Code 1933, §§ 24-2105 and 24-2109 (see now O.C.G.A. §§ 15-9-86 and15-9-40), including that the proceedings be recorded in a book to be kept for that purpose. 1960-61 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 93.

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