Supreme Court Refuses to Review 60-Day Issue
The Supreme Court of Georgia voted 4-3 to deny a petition for certiorari to review the Court of Appeals’ decision establishing that probate judges may wait indefinitely for a “notification” that a background check has been conducted before issuing a GFL. Justices Sears, Benham and Hines voted to grant certiorari. The Court of Appeals decision now stands as the law in Georgia. A copy of the denial of certiorari can be viewed here:
September 25th, 2007 at 4:42 pm
So what does this mean, exactly? That the probate courts can indefinitely delay issuing a GFL if they say the delay is caused by “background checks?” If that’s the case, what’s stopping a court from bogging down processing the background checks and effectively ceasing GFL issues in that county?