Georgia Code
Chapter 15 - Court and Litigation Costs
§ 9-15-14. Litigation Costs and Attorney’s Fees Assessed for Frivolous Actions and Defenses

History. Code 1981, § 9-15-14 , enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 1591, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 397, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 437, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 856, § 2; Ga. L. 1997, p. 689, § 1; Ga. L. 2001, p. 967, § 1.
Cross references.
Duty of lawyer to client, Rules and Regulations for the Organization and Government of the State Bar of Georgia, EC 7-4.
Law reviews.
For annual survey of law of torts, see 38 Mercer L. Rev. 351 (1986).
For annual survey of trial practice and procedure, see 38 Mercer L. Rev. 383 (1986).
For article, “On with the Old!,” see 24 Ga. St. B.J. 13 (1987).
For article, “The Civil Jurisdiction of State and Magistrate Courts,” see 24 Ga. St. B. J. 29 (1987).
For article, “Nonjudicial Foreclosures in Georgia Revisited,” see 24 Ga. St. B. J. 43 (1987).
For article, “The Torok Tort: Recovery for Abusive Litigation,” see 23 Ga. St. B.J. 84 (1987).
For article, “Litigators on Trial: Professionalism Implications of Yost v. Torok,” see 23 Ga. St. B.J. 88 (1987).
For article, “Battling the Many-Headed Hydra: Abusive Litigation Law in Georgia,” see 25 Ga. St. B.J. 65 (1988).
For article, “Yost v. Torok: Taking Legal Ethics Seriously,” see 4 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 23 (1988).
For article, “Setting the Fee When the Client Discharges a Contingent Fee Attorney,” see 41 Emory L.J. 367 (1992).
For annual survey on legal ethics, see 44 Mercer L. Rev. 281 (1992).
For article commenting on the 1997 amendment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 1 (1997).
For annual survey article on real property law, see 50 Mercer L. Rev. 307 (1998).
For survey article on domestic relations cases for the period from June 1, 2002, through May 31, 2003, see 55 Mercer L. Rev. 223 (2003).
For annual survey of construction law, see 56 Mercer L. Rev. 109 (2004).
For annual survey of domestic relations law, see 56 Mercer L. Rev. 221 (2004).
For annual survey of domestic relations law, see 58 Mercer L. Rev. 133 (2006).
For article, “Of Frivolous Litigation and Runaway Juries: A View from the Bench,” see 41 Ga. L. Rev. 431 (2007).
For survey article on trial practice and procedure, see 59 Mercer L. Rev. 423 (2007).
For survey article on trial practice and procedure, see 60 Mercer L. Rev. 397 (2008).
For annual survey on appellate practice and procedure, see 61 Mercer L. Rev. 31 (2009).
For annual survey on trial practice and procedure, see 61 Mercer L. Rev. 363 (2009).
For annual survey of law on trial practice and procedure, see 62 Mercer L. Rev. 339 (2010).
For annual survey on domestic relations law, see 64 Mercer L. Rev. 121 (2012).
For annual survey on legal ethics, see 64 Mercer L. Rev. 189 (2012).
For annual survey on trial practice and procedure, see 64 Mercer L. Rev. 305 (2012).
For article, “Division of Labor: The Modernization of the Supreme Court of Georgia and Concomitant Workload Reduction Measures in the Court of Appeals,” see 30 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 925 (2014).
For article on domestic relations, see 66 Mercer L. Rev. 65 (2014).
For annual survey on trial practice and procedure, see 67 Mercer L. Rev. 257 (2015).
For annual survey on domestic relations, see 69 Mercer L. Rev. 83 (2017).
For annual survey on legal ethics, see 69 Mercer L. Rev. 157 (2017).
For annual survey on local government law, see 69 Mercer L. Rev. 205 (2017).
For annual survey on real property, see 69 Mercer L. Rev. 251 (2017).
For article, “A Constitutional Counterpunch to Georgia’s Anti-SLAPP Statute,” see 69 Mercer L. Rev. 407 (2019).
For annual survey on domestic relations, see 71 Mercer L. Rev. 83 (2019).
For article with annual survey on domestic relations, see 73 Mercer L. Rev. 89 (2021).
For note, “Abusive Litigation in Georgia: Deterrence and Compensation,” see 3 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 303 (1987).
For case comment, “Yost v. Torok and Abusive Litigation: A New Tort to Solve an Old Problem,” see 21 Ga. L. Rev. 429 (1986).