Georgia Code
Article 4 - Fair Housing
§ 8-3-215. Appeal From Order of Administrative Law Judge; Attorney’s Fees and Costs

History. Code 1981, § 8-3-215 , enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1284, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1840, § 9; Ga. L. 2020, p. 603, § 6/HB 969.
The 2020 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, substituted “administrative law judge,” for “board of commissioners” in subsections (a) and (b); substituted “Superior Court of Fulton County” for “superior court in the county in which the alleged unlawful practice occurred or in the superior court of the residence of the respondent” near the end of the first sentence of subsection (a); rewrote paragraph (b)(5), which read: “Not supported by substantial evidence, which shall mean that the record does not contain such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support said findings, inferences, conclusions, or decisions; or”; and rewrote subsection (c), which read: “If, upon judicial review of any order of the board of commissioners or in a proceeding in which a complainant seeks enforcement of a conciliation agreement, the court rules in favor of the complainant, then the court may in its discretion render an award of reasonable attorney’s fees and costs of litigation in the superior court to the complainant. A prevailing respondent may be awarded court costs and reasonable attorney’s fees only upon a showing that the action is frivolous, unreasonable, or without foundation.

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