Forms meeting requirements for civil case filing and disposition

(a) The forms set out in subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e) of this Code section or forms substantially similar to such forms shall be sufficient to meet the requirements for civil case filing and disposition forms; provided, however, that the general civil case filing information form and domestic relations case filing information form shall be required to contain an acknowledgment by the filer that the complaint and any exhibits or other attachments satisfy the redaction requirements of Code Section 9-11-7.1. The civil case forms set out in Exhibit F of the ‘‘Report and Recommendations of the 1997-1998 Court Filings Committee’’ published by the State Bar of Georgia and dated May 15, 1998, are substantially similar to the forms set out in this Code section. (b) General Civil Case Filing Information Form. GENERAL CIVIL CASE FILING INFORMATION FORM (NONDOMESTIC) Court Superior County Date filed State mm-dd-yyyy Docket no. Plaintiff(s) (last, suffix, Defendant(s) (last, suffix, first, middle initial, first, middle initial, maiden) maiden) 1. 1. 2. 2. 3. 3. 4. 4. Plaintiff/petitioner’s attorney Pro Se Bar # No. of plaintiffs No. of defendants CHECK PRIMARY CASE TYPE: IF TORT, IS CASE TYPE: (Check only ONE) (Check no more than TWO) Contract/Account Auto Accident Wills/Estate Premises Liability Real Property Medical Malpractice Dispossessory/Distress Other Professional Personal Property Negligence Equity Product Liability Habeas Corpus Other (specify) Appeals, Reviews Postjudgment Garnish- Are punitive damages pleaded? ment, Attachment, or Yes No Other Relief Nondomestic Contempt Tort (If tort, fill in right column) Other General Civil (specify) (c) Domestic Relations Case Filing Information Form. DOMESTIC RELATIONS CASE FILING INFORMATION FORM Court Superior County Date filed mm-dd-yyyy Docket no. Plaintiff(s) Defendant(s) (last, suffix, first, middle (last, suffix, first, middle initial, maiden) initial, maiden) 1. 1. 2. 2. Plaintiff/Petitioner’s attorney Pro Se Bar # CONTEMPT Contempt — Custody, Visitation, or CHECK CASE TYPE: Parenting Time (one or more) Contempt — Child Divorce (includes Support and Alimony annulment) Contempt — Child Support Contested? Yes No Child Custody issue? Contempt — Alimony Other Domestic Contempt Yes No Yes No FAMILY VIOLENCE Child Support issue? Separate Maintenance Additional information — Adoption Ex Parte Relief Paternity (includes legitimation) Did the initial pleading Interstate Support include a request for Enforcement Action relief: Domestication of 1. From alleged family Foreign Custody Decree Family Violence Act violence? 2. Was ex parte relief 1085 Yes No Petition requested? Yes No Yes No 3. Was ex parte relief granted? MODIFICATION OTHER Modification — Custody, Have the parties agreed to Visitation, or binding arbitration? Parenting Time Have the parties reached Does the modification a custodial agreement? include a parent If yes, is custody: Yes selection by a child Joint custody who is at least 14 Joint legal custody years of age? Yes No Modification — Child Support No Joint physical custody Modification — Child Support and Alimony Yes No Sole custody to: Financial affidavit submitted? Yes No Yes No Child support forms Modification — Alimony submitted? (d) General Civil Case Final Disposition Form. GENERAL CIVIL CASE FINAL DISPOSITION FORM (NONDOMESTIC) Court Superior County Date State disposed mm-dd-yyyy Docket no. Reporting party (Name) (Title) Name of plaintiff/petitioner(s) Plaintiff/petitioner’s attorney Pro Se Bar CIVIL PRACTICE ACT # Name of defendant/respondent(s) Defendant/respondent’s attorney Bar Pro Se # TYPE OF DISPOSITION 1. AWARD 1. If verdict for plaintiff, Pretrial Dismissal (specify which type) how much was awarded? A. Involuntary $ compensatory B. Voluntary (without $ punitive prejudice) C. 2. If verdict on cross or Voluntary (with counter claims, how much prejudice) was awarded? 2. Pretrial Settlement $ compensatory 3. Default Judgment $ punitive 4. Summary Judgment 5. Transferred/ 3. Did the court modify the award? Consolidated 6. Bench Trial 7. Jury Trial (specify Yes 4. Were attorneys fees awarded? outcome further) A. Yes ADR 1. Was ADR utilized? Settlement during trial C. D. No Dismissal after jury selected B. No Yes Judgment on Verdict 2. If yes, was it (check Directed Verdict or JNOV if applicable): court annexed? court mandated? 1087 No 1. Judgment on verdict. 3. Did the matter settle after Was the verdict: trial for other than A. For plaintiff(s) (all) judgment? (If known at B. For defendant(s) (all) the time of this C. Other: (explain) submission) Yes No (e) Domestic Relations Case Final Disposition Information form. DOMESTIC RELATIONS CASE FINAL DISPOSITION INFORMATION FORM Court Superior County Date disposed mm-dd-yyyy Docket no. Reporting party (Name) (Title) Name of plaintiff/petitioner(s) Plaintiff/petitioner’s attorney Pro Se Bar # Name of defendant/respondent(s) Defendant/respondent’s attorney Pro Se Bar # RELIEF GRANTED (Check all that apply) 1. 1088 Ex Parte Relief 1. Dismissed Without 2. Temporary Relief 3. Final Relief A. Divorce/Annulment/ Final Order A. Voluntary (by Separate Maintenance B. Child Custody parties) B. CIVIL PRACTICE ACT (i) Parenting plan Involuntary (by included? court) Yes No (ii) Custodial arrangement: 2. Pretrial Settlement Joint custody 3. Judgment on the Joint legal custody Pleadings Joint physical custody 4. Summary Judgment Sole custody 5. Trial to: A. Bench Trial (iii) Fourteen year old B. Jury Trial made parental 1. Dismissal after jury selected 2. Settlement during trial 3. Judgment on Verdict 4. Directed Verdict or JNOV selection? Yes No C. Visitation or parenting time Approximate percentage of parenting time per year (or number of days) for: Mother Father Parenting time was contested? D. Yes No Child Support (i) Forms attached? E. Yes Legitimation/ Paternity ADR 1. Was mediation utilized? F. Alimony G. Contempt H. Equitable Division 1089 No Yes No I. Protective Order 2. If yes, was it (check if applicable): Finding of family court annexed? violence? court mandated? J. 3. Was there an agreement to No Yes No Adoption K. Attorney’s fees? binding arbitration? Yes Yes No If yes, in what amount: $ If yes, what matters were and to whom: subject to binding arbitration? L. Other (specify) Child custody Visitation or Parenting Time Parenting Plan 4. Dismissed prior to granting of relief. (Code 1981, § 9-11-133, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 850, § 3; Ga. L. 2007, p. 554, § 4/HB 369; Ga. L. 2010, p. 878, § 9/HB 1387; Ga. L. 2013, p. 141, § 9/HB 79; Ga. L. 2014, p. 482, § 3/SB 386.) The 2013 amendment, effective April 24, 2013, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, revised punctuation in subsections (b) and (c). The 2014 amendment, effective July 1, 2014, in the first sentence of subsection (a), substituted ‘‘shall be sufficient’’ for ‘‘are sufficient’’ and added a proviso at the end. See Editor’s note for applicability.