Porter v. Frazier

Hunt, Justice.

This case raises an interesting jurisdictional question arising from the passage of OCGA § 15-9-120 et seq., effective to all cases filed after July 1, 1986. Under its provisions, appeals from certain probate courts are no longer de novo in the superior court, but instead a jury trial may be had in the probate court and appealed to the appropriate appellate court directly. In this appeal, the case 2 was originally filed in the Probate Court of Gwinnett County on February 11, 1985, and the will involved was admitted in solemn form on May 10, 1985. Appellee Ed Frazier’s petition…