O.C.G.A.

Ga. Sup. Ct. R. 7 (2019)

Contempt And Sanctions

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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Breach of any of the rules or orders of this Court or the filing of a direct appeal, application, petition, or motion which the Court determines to be frivolous in a civil or criminal case on any of the grounds in Rule 6 (1) – (3) may subject the offender to sanctions, including but not limited to contempt, and for lawyers, revocation of the license to practice in this Court. Breach of any of these rules or

the filing of a direct appeal, application, petition, or motion which the Court determines to be frivolous in a civil or criminal case may also cause the appeal to be dismissed or the party’s brief(s) to be stricken.

Personal remarks which are discourteous or disparaging to opposing counsel or to any judge are strictly forbidden, whether oral or written, and may be cause for sanctions.

Parties and counsel are responsible for ensuring that their filings with the Court, including briefs, shall be carefully checked for truthfulness and accuracy as the rules already require.

Nothing in this rule affects the Court’s inherent authority to sanction attorneys or parties before this Court.