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O.C.G.A. § 15-3-3.1

Appellate jurisdiction of Court of Appeals

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 3 Cal. 5th 808 - Briggs v. Brown (2017)

Most recently applied in 3 Cal. 5th 808 - Briggs v. Brown (August 2017)

— Code 1981, § 15-3-3.1, enacted by Ga

(a) Pursuant to Article VI, Section VI, Paragraph III of the Constitution of this state, the Court of Appeals rather than the Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction in the following classes of cases:

(1) Cases involving title to land;

(2) All equity cases, except those cases concerning proceedings in which a sentence of death was imposed or could be imposed and those cases concerning the execution of a sentence of death;

(3) All cases involving wills;

(4) All cases involving extraordinary remedies, except those cases concerning proceedings in which a sentence of death was imposed or could be imposed and those cases concerning the execution of a

sentence of death;

(5) All divorce and alimony cases; and

(6) All other cases not reserved to the Supreme Court or conferred

on other courts.

(b) This Code section shall not otherwise affect the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals.

Current official text: Official Code of Georgia Annotated (LexisNexis). Digitized from the Internet Archive scan of the OCGA. Reproduced from public-domain Georgia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.