Court Opinion

ID: 9848806
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 04:27:47.973579+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:18:47.763931
License: Public Domain

On Motion for Rehearing.
Appellants contend that this court erred in affirming the decision of the trial court because it presumed certain findings of fact by that court to be correct in the absence of a transcript. Appellant argues that he was entitled to a transcript under the holding in Giddings v. Starks, 240 Ga. 496 (241 SE2d 208) (1978). We have examined the entire record submitted on appeal and find that appellants declined to participate in and pay for the court reporter’s takedown and that in their amended notice of appeal they stated that a transcript of the evidence would not be submitted. Unlike the appellants in Giddings, they did not file an extraordinary motion in this court seeking a transcript of the proceedings after appellee refused to authorize the court reporter to prepare a transcript. Accordingly, they have waived their right to have a transcript prepared and cannot now complain of any portion of this court’s decision which is based on the presumed correctness of the trial court’s order.