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Ga. Unif. Super. Ct. R. 3.3
Exclusive Control; Transfer of Case Assignment to Another Judge
(A) The judge to whom any action is assigned shall have exclusive control of such action, except
as provided in these rules, and no person shall change any assignment except by written order of
the judge affected and as provided in these rules. In this regard an assigned judge may transfer an
assigned action to another judge with the latter’s consent in which event the latter becomes the
assigned judge.
(B) A judge shall not transfer an action to another judge when the transferring judge has
knowledge of any fact that requires remittal of recusal or recusal of the transferring judge under
Rule 25 of these rules.
History
Amended effective March 9, 1989; February 25, 2021.
Provenance
- Source
- georgiasuperiorcourts.org
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
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