As used in this article, the term:
(1) "Civil case" means those civil matters:
(A) Over which the judge of the probate court exercises judicial powers;
(B) Within the original, exclusive, or general subject matter jurisdiction of the probate court; and
(C) Which, if not for this article and Code Section 5-6-33, could be appealed to superior court for a de novo investigation with the right to a jury trial under Code Sections 5-3-2 and 5-3-29.
(2) "Probate court" means a probate court of a county having a population of more than 90,000 persons according to the United States decennial census of 2010 or any future such census in which the judge thereof has been admitted to the practice of law for at least seven years.
Section: 15-9-120 15-9-121 15-9-122 15-9-123 15-9-124 15-9-125 15-9-126 15-9-127 NextLast modified: October 14, 2016