O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A. § 23-3-69 (2019)
Intervention after entering of decree
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At any time within 30 days from the entering of the final decree, any person not previously a party who claims an interest in the land may intervene, in which event the case shall be reopened as to that party so that his rights may be adjudicated.
History
Ga. L. 1966, p. 443, § 9.
Annotations
JUDICIAL DECISIONS Cited in Heath v. Stinson, 238 Ga. 364, 233 S.E.2d 178 (1977); Capers v. Camp, 244 Ga. 7, 257 S.E.2d 517 (1979); In re Rivermist Homeowners Ass’n, 244 Ga.
515, 260 S.E.2d 897 (1979); Fort Mt. Container Corp. v. Keith, 275 Ga. 210, 563 S.E.2d 860 (2002).
RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 65 Am. Jur. 2d, Quieting Title and Determination of Adverse Claims, § 71.
ALR. - Who may intervene in suit to quiet title, 170 A.L.R. 149.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2002–2002 · leading case: Fort Mountain Container Corp. v. Keith, 564 S.E.2d 188 (Ga. 2002).
Fort Mountain Container Corp. v. Keith, 564 S.E.2d 188 (Ga. 2002). “Within 30 days, Fort Mountain Container Corporation, the long-time lessee of the Keiths’ property, filed a petition to intervene, see OCGA § 23-3-69, and the court appointed the same special master to address the issues Fort Mountain raised.”
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