Earl v. Mills

Benham, Justice.

Appellant John R. Earl is a resident of Cherokee County who filed a complaint seeking a declaratory judgment that the “Family Court” established by a standing order issued pursuant to OCGA § 15-1-9.1 (b) (2) (D) by appellee Frank C. Mills III, chief judge of the superior courts of the Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit, and the chief judges of the circuit’s state and juvenile courts, was illegal and unconstitutional, as were the appointments of two judges appointed to preside over the family court. In the standing order, the juvenile court, state court, and superior court judges…