Walker v. Yarus

Hunt, Justice.

This appeal involves the question of the applicable date of OCGA § 15-9-120 et seq., effective to all cases filed after July 1, 1986. Under its provisions, appeals from certain probate courts may be taken directly to the appropriate appellate court, rather than de novo to the superior court as under the prior law. Ga. L. 1986, p. 982 at 995. In Porter v. Frazier, 257 Ga. 614 (361 SE2d 825) (1987), we held that where the case is filed before the effective date of the act, jurisdiction of the appeal lies in the superior court.

Here, the petition to probate the will in solemn form…