Court Opinion

ID: 9540955
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 16:21:08.659836+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:01:49.916999
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*144Sognier, Judge,
dissenting.
OCGA § 9-15-2 (b) requires the trial court to hold a hearing before any action can be taken on a pauper’s affidavit. The majority’s opinion upholds the dismissal of appellant’s affidavit on technical grounds not ruled on by the lower court and without a hearing by the lower court on the sufficiency of the affidavit. This method of disposition is fundamentally unfair to parties who turn to the procedure provided by OCGA § 9-15-2 as their only avenue of appeal and is contrary to the very purpose of the statute. I respectfully dissent.
I am authorized to state that Presiding Judge McMurray, Judge Pope and Judge Beasley join in this dissent.