GA Code § 5-6-39 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 5 - Appeal and Error|Chapter 6 - Certiorari and Appeals to Appellate Courts Generally|Article 2 - Appellate Practice|§ 5-6-39. Extensions of Time for Filing Notice of Appeal, Notice of Cross Appeal, Transcript of Evidence, Designation of Record and Other Similar Motions

  Any judge of the trial court or any justice or judge of the appellate court to which the appeal is to be taken may, in his discretion, and without motion or notice to the other party, grant extensions of time for the filing of:   Notice of appeal;   Notice of cross appeal;   Transcript of the evidence and proceedings on appeal or in any other instance where filing of the transcript is required or permitted by law;   Designation of record referred to under Code Section 5-6-42; and   Any other similar motion, proceeding, or paper for which a filing time is prescribed.     No extension of time shall be granted for the filing of motions for new trial or for judgment notwithstanding the verdict.   Only one extension of time shall be granted for filing of a notice of appeal and a notice of cross appeal, and the extension shall not exceed the time otherwise allowed for the filing of the notices initially.   Any application to any court, justice, or judge for an extension must be made before expiration of the period for filing as originally prescribed or as extended by a permissible previous order. The order granting an extension of time shall be promptly filed with the clerk of the trial court, and the party securing it shall serve copies thereof on all other parties in the manner prescribed by Code Section 5-6-32.    (Ga. L. 1965, p. 18, § 6.)   Cross references.   - Extension of expiration date, Rules of the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia, Rule 3.   Postmark date, Rules of the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia, Rule 4.   Certification and transmittal of transcript and record, Rules of the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia, Rule 15.   Objection to failure to comply with Appellate Practice Act, Rules of the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia, Rule 20.   Filing notice of appeal and cross appeal, Rules of the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia, Rule 38.   Extension of expiration dates, Rules of the Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia, Rule 3.   Extensions of time for filing, Rules of the Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia, Rule 28.   Notices of appeal and cross appeal, Rules of the Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia, Rule 33.   Law reviews.   - For article, "Insuring a Party's Second Chance," see 16 Ga. St. B.J. 177 (1980). For article surveying appellate practice and procedure, see 34 Mercer L. Rev. 3 (1982). For annual survey on administrative law, see 64 Mercer L. Rev. 39 (2012). For comment on Davis v. Davis, 222 Ga. 579, 151 S.E.2d 123 (1966), see 4 Ga. St. B. J. 259 (1967).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   ANALYSIS    General Consideration   Timeliness of Application   Grants of Extensions    RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Power of trial court indirectly to extend time for appeal, 89 A.L.R. 941; 149 A.L.R. 740.    Lower court's consideration, on the merits, of unseasonable application for new trial, rehearing, or other re-examination, as affecting time in which to apply for appellate review, 148 A.L.R. 795.   Motion or petition for rehearing in court below as affecting time within which appellate proceedings must be taken or instituted, 10 A.L.R.2d 1075.   Exclusion or inclusion of terminal Sunday or holiday in computing time for taking or perfecting appellate review, 61 A.L.R.2d 482.