Editor's notes.

- In light of the similarity of the provisions, decisions under former Code Section 9-9-95 are included in the annotations for this Code section.

Separate order and judgment not required.

- Although O.C.G.A. § 9-9-15 of the Georgia Arbitration Code contemplates entry of a judgment separate from the order confirming the award, the statute does not require that the order and the judgment be entered on separate documents. McFarland v. Roberts, 335 Ga. App. 40, 778 S.E.2d 349 (2015), cert. denied, No. S16C0522, 2016 Ga. LEXIS 229 (Ga. 2016).

Approval of arbitration award not yet issued.

- Husband's application to vacate an arbitration award under O.C.G.A. § 9-9-13 should have been dismissed rather than denied since the trial court's divorce decree in which it approved the arbitration award was final on the date that it issued the decree even though the arbitration award had, in fact, not been issued on that date. Since, pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 9-9-15 the order confirming the arbitration award became the judgment of the trial court on the date that the trial court issued its divorce decree, all matters in litigation in the action were final on that date, including those submitted for arbitration, and the later purported arbitration award was of no effect. Ciraldo v. Ciraldo, 280 Ga. 602, 631 S.E.2d 640 (2006).

Judgment entered on arbitration award not in conformity therewith.

- As a trial court's confirmation of an arbitration award in favor of law clerks resulted in an award of back pay to the clerks that was to be implemented from the date of the confirmation order, the award was not in conformity with the arbitration award, which required implementation from the date of the award. Fulton County v. Lord, 323 Ga. App. 384, 746 S.E.2d 188 (2013).

Postjudgment interest awarded.

- Trial court properly awarded postjudgment interest after the court confirmed an arbitration award; once confirmed, the arbitration was treated like all other judgments, and under O.C.G.A. § 7-4-12(a), all judgments bore annual interest on the principal amount recovered. Airtab, Inc. v. Limbach Co., LLC, 295 Ga. App. 720, 673 S.E.2d 69 (2009).

Cited in Thacker Constr. Co. v. A Betterway Rent-A-Car, Inc., 186 Ga. App. 660, 368 S.E.2d 178 (1988)(decided under former § 9-9-95); Barge v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 245 Ga. App. 112, 535 S.E.2d 837 (2000), overruled on other grounds, Green Tree Servicing, LLC v. Jones, 333 Ga. App. 184, 775 S.E.2d 714, 2015 Ga. App. LEXIS 475 (2015).