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2018 Georgia Code 15-9-88 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 15-9-88 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 15-9-88

TITLE 15 COURTS

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

ARTICLE 4 TIME, PLACE, AND PROCEDURE

15-9-88. Objections or caveats to order.

All objections or caveats to an order sought shall be in writing and verified, setting forth the grounds of such caveat.

(Orig. Code 1863, § 4016; Code 1868, § 4045; Code 1873, § 4116; Code 1882, § 4116; Civil Code 1895, § 4256; Civil Code 1910, § 4814; Code 1933, § 24-2107; Ga. L. 2018, p. 356, § 1-31/SB 436.)

The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, inserted "and verified" in the middle of this Code section.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

When burden of proof shifts to caveators.

- Once the propounder of a will establishes a prima facie case, the burden of proof shifts to the caveators to prove the grounds of their caveat. Bryan v. Norton, 245 Ga. 347, 265 S.E.2d 282 (1980).

Law is silent as to any necessity vel non that caveat be sworn; the sole statutory requirement is that it be written. Glad v. Scott, 187 Ga. App. 748, 371 S.E.2d 271 (1988).

Cited in Financial Bldg. Consultants, Inc. v. American Druggists Ins. Co., 91 F.R.D. 62 (N.D. Ga. 1981); Deering v. Keever, 282 Ga. 161, 646 S.E.2d 262 (2007).

Cases Citing Georgia Code 15-9-88 From Courtlistener.com

Total Results: 4

CAMDEN COUNTY v. SWEATT, JUDGE

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2023-02-07

Snippet: verified as required under Georgia law. See OCGA § 15-9-88 (In probate court, “[a]ll objections or caveats

Tudor v. Bradford

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2011-03-25

Citation: 709 S.E.2d 235, 289 Ga. 28, 2011 Fulton County D. Rep. 931, 2011 Ga. LEXIS 269

Snippet: amendment had to have been made in writing. See OCGA § 15-9-88 (“[a]ll objections or caveats to an order sought

Kale v. Wilson

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2008-10-27

Citation: 668 S.E.2d 729, 284 Ga. 536, 2008 Fulton County D. Rep. 3351, 2008 Ga. LEXIS 841

Snippet: setting forth the grounds of such caveat." OCGA § 15-9-88. Because Appellant failed to raise the objection

Deering v. Keever

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2007-06-11

Citation: 646 S.E.2d 262, 282 Ga. 161, 2007 Fulton County D. Rep. 1813, 2007 Ga. LEXIS 435

Snippet: such, it *264 was not a valid caveat under OCGA § 15-9-88; thus, the initial objection essentially did not