Georgia Code
Article 2 - Jurisdiction, Power, and Duties
§ 15-9-30. Subject Matter Jurisdiction; Powers and Duties Generally; Copy of Official Code of Georgia Annotated Furnished for Each Judge; Authority of Probate Court Judges

History. Laws 1799, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 281; Laws 1810, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 283; Ga. L. 1851-52, p. 91, § 1; Ga. L. 1855-56, p. 147, § 1; Code 1863, § 306; Code 1868, § 366; Code 1873, § 331; Code 1882, § 331; Civil Code 1895, § 4232; Civil Code 1910, § 4790; Code 1933, § 24-1901; Ga. L. 1969, p. 505, § 2; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1369, §§ 1, 3; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1502, § 1; Ga. L. 1988, p. 745, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 827, § 4/HB 495; Ga. L. 2015, p. 385, § 4-15/HB 252; Ga. L. 2018, p. 356, § 1-19/SB 436; Ga. L. 2018, p. 1089, § 4/SB 301; Ga. L. 2021, p. 423, § 1-3/HB 635.
The 2018 amendments. —
The first 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, substituted “Hear” for “Receive pleas of guilty and impose sentences in” at the beginning of paragraph (b)(9). The second 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, added paragraph (a)(10); and redesignated former paragraphs (a)(10) and (a)(11) as present paragraphs (a)(11) and (a)(12), respectively.
The 2021 amendment, effective May 4, 2021, added subsection (d).
Cross references.
Issuance of marriage licenses generally, § 19-3-30 et seq.
Service by judge of probate court as election superintendent in county not having county board of elections, § 21-2-2(35) .
Jurisdiction of probate courts with regard to violations of game and fish laws, § 27-1-35 .
Guardians of minors generally, § 29-2-1 et seq.
Guardians of incapacitated adults generally, § 29-4-1 et seq.
Judges of probate courts as legal custodians and distributors of moneys due minors or insane persons not having legal guardian, § 29-8-1 et seq.
Orders by court for examination of persons for mental illness, mental retardation or alcoholism, §§ 37-3-62 , 37-4-40 , and 37-7-62 .
Probate generally, § 53-3-1 et seq.
Administrators and executors and administration of estates generally, §§ 53-6-1 et seq., 53-7-1 et seq.
Repeal of local rules, Uniform Rules for the Probate Courts, Rule 1.1.
Authority of superior court judges, § 15-6-16 .
Authority of state court judges, § 15-7-4 .
Authority of magistrate to act, § 15-10-2 .
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2018, a semicolon was substituted for a period at the end of paragraph (a)(10).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2015, p. 385, § 1-1/HB 252, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘J. Calvin Hill, Jr., Act.’ ”
Law reviews.
For article surveying developments in Georgia juvenile court practice and procedure from mid-1980 through mid-1981, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 167 (1981).
For survey article on domestic relations, see 34 Mercer L. Rev. 113 (1982).
For survey article on real property, see 34 Mercer L. Rev. 255 (1982).
For annual survey on wills, trusts, guardianships, and fiduciary administration, see 67 Mercer L. Rev. 273 (2015).
For article on the 2018 amendment of this Code section, see 35 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 204 (2018).