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name: ga-fulton

description: >

- Use when drafting or filing in Fulton County Superior Court. Triggers include the court name, its case number format, and local-rule references. Layers on top of `ga-statewide-format`.

+ This skill should be used when drafting or filing documents in any

+ Fulton County trial court — the Superior Court of Fulton County

+ (Atlanta Judicial Circuit), the State Court of Fulton County, the

+ Magistrate Court of Fulton County, or the Metro Atlanta Business

+ Case Division. Triggers include "file in Fulton County", "Fulton

+ County Superior Court", "Atlanta Judicial Circuit", "Fulton State

+ Court", "Fulton magistrate", "Fulton business case division",

+ "Atlanta court e-file", "eFileGA", and "PeachCourt". Covers which

+ Fulton court has jurisdiction, the Civil Action File No. caption,

+ the mandatory eFileGA / PeachCourt e-filing posture, the Family

+ Division Automatic Domestic Standing Order, and the per-judge Civil

+ Standing Case Management Orders. Layers on top of

+ `ga-statewide-format`.

version: 0.1.0

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- # Fulton County Superior Court

- > **TODO**: Author substantive content. This is a scaffolded

- > stub. Research the Georgia analog from authoritative sources

- > before writing — do not search-and-replace from another

- > state plugin.

+ # Fulton County Trial Courts (Atlanta Judicial Circuit)

> **NOT LEGAL ADVICE.** These notes describe the venue's

> procedural mechanics as a drafting aid, not legal advice.

> Local rules and judge-specific practices change; verify

> with the clerk and the current local rules before relying

> on anything here.

- ## State context

+ Use this skill in addition to `ga-statewide-format` whenever the case

+ is in a Fulton County trial court. The **Atlanta Judicial Circuit** is

+ a single-county circuit (Fulton County only). Pick the right court

+ first — Georgia splits trial jurisdiction by **subject matter**, not

+ by dollar amount.

- - **State**: Georgia

- - **Format rule**: O.C.G.A. § 9-11-10 + Uniform Superior Court Rules

- - **Civil rules**: Georgia Civil Practice Act (O.C.G.A. Title 9, Ch. 11)

- - **Evidence rules**: Georgia Evidence Code (O.C.G.A. Title 24)

- - **Style manual**: Georgia appellate citation (Bluebook-based)

+ ## Which Fulton court

- ## What to author

+ - **Superior Court of Fulton County** — general-jurisdiction trial

+ court for the Atlanta Judicial Circuit; the largest superior bench

+ in Georgia (reported at roughly 20 judges — *verify judge count

+ against the current bench*). Organized into General Civil, Family,

+ Criminal, and Business Case divisions. **Exclusive** over divorce,

+ equity, title to land, and felonies (O.C.G.A. §§ 15-6-1, 15-6-8;

+ Ga. Const. art. VI). Hears all civil matters not committed

+ exclusively elsewhere.

+ - **State Court of Fulton County** — created by Ga. L. 1976 p. 3023,

+ consolidating the now-defunct Civil Court and Criminal Court of

+ Fulton County (the old Civil Court of Fulton County is historical;

+ cite only for legacy matters). Reported at roughly 10 judges

+ (*verify against the current bench*). Civil jurisdiction of **any

+ amount** with no dollar ceiling (O.C.G.A. § 15-7-4), except the

+ superior-exclusive subjects. Most debt-collection and tort suits

+ are filed here.

+ - **Magistrate Court of Fulton County** — civil cap of **$15,000**

+ (O.C.G.A. § 15-10-2), plus dispossessory and garnishment matters

+ (the cap does not limit dispossessory money judgments). Fulton

+ Magistrate is **mandatory e-file with no paper accepted**, including

+ for dispossessory and garnishment filings.

+ - **Metro Atlanta Business Case Division (MABCD)** — a local business

+ docket; the Fulton **State Court** joined effective January 2020.

+ **No fixed dollar threshold**; cases come in by transfer through a

+ selection committee. This is **distinct** from the statewide Georgia

+ State-wide Business Court (O.C.G.A. § 15-5A), whose thresholds are

+ generally ≥ $1,000,000 in real-property disputes or ≥ $500,000

+ otherwise. Do not conflate the two.

- 1. Description: replace the placeholder with realistic trigger

- phrases for how a Georgia pro se filer would ask about this

- 2. Body: substantive content matching the role

- 3. Composition notes: which other ga- skills this layers

- with

- 4. References: the supporting `references/*.md` files

+ ## Caption

- ## References to author

+ Name the specific court and "STATE OF GEORGIA" in the caption, with

+ the county in the court line (O.C.G.A. § 9-11-10(a)).

- - Research the Georgia analog from authoritative sources

- before authoring; do NOT search-and-replace from another

- state plugin

+ ```

+ SUPERIOR COURT OF FULTON COUNTY

+ STATE OF GEORGIA

- ## Cross-references

+ [PLAINTIFF NAME],

+ Plaintiff,

+ v. Civil Action File No. __________

- - `ga-statewide-format` for format baseline

- - `ga-fulton` / `ga-cobb` / `ga-county-courts` for venue

- - `ga-pro-se` for pro se conventions

+ [DEFENDANT NAME],

+ Defendant.

+ [TITLE OF PLEADING]

+ ```

+ For the State Court, substitute the court line with **"STATE COURT OF

+ FULTON COUNTY / STATE OF GEORGIA"**. The Georgia case-number

+ designation is **"Civil Action File No. ____"**; the number is

+ assigned by the clerk at filing — do not invent or guess it. Party

+ designations are Plaintiff/Defendant in civil actions and

+ Petitioner/Respondent in divorce and family matters.

+ ## E-filing — eFileGA / PeachCourt

+ Fulton civil filings run through **eFileGA / PeachCourt**, the

+ electronic-filing portal built on the Tyler Odyssey backbone.

+ E-filing is **mandatory** for Superior, State, and Magistrate civil

+ cases under SB 407 (statewide civil e-file mandate, effective on or

+ about January 1, 2019). Confirm the current portal entry point and

+ document codes with the Clerk of Superior and Magistrate Courts before

+ filing.

+ ## Family Division — Automatic Domestic Standing Order

+ The Superior Court operates a dedicated **Family Division**. When a

+ domestic case is filed, an **Automatic Domestic Standing Order**

+ attaches and binds both parties on filing/service (typically

+ restraining dissipation of assets, changes to insurance, harassment,

+ and removal of children, among other terms). Read the operative

+ standing order in the case and route domestic mechanics through

+ `ga-family-court`.

+ ## TRAP — per-judge Civil Standing Case Management Orders

+ Fulton Superior judges issue **individual Civil Standing Case

+ Management Orders** that govern motion practice, conferral, courtesy

+ copies, and scheduling for cases on that judge's calendar. These

+ control alongside — and sometimes tighten — the Uniform Superior Court

+ Rules. **Always read the assigned judge's standing order**, not just

+ the USCR, before drafting motions or setting anything. Judge counts,

+ division assignments, and addresses change; treat any specific count

+ or address here as **verify-against-current**.

+ ## Composition

+ - `ga-statewide-format` — format baseline (O.C.G.A. § 9-11-10 + USCR)

+ - `ga-state-court` — State Court of Fulton County practice

+ - `ga-magistrate` — Magistrate Court $15,000 / dispossessory mechanics

+ - `ga-family-court` — divorce, equity, and the domestic standing order

+ - `ga-consumer-debt` — debt-collection subject-matter bundle

+ - `ga-first-30-days` — answer, defenses, counterclaims

+ - `ga-file-packet` — assemble and preflight the filing packet

+ - `ga-schedule-hearing` — setting hearings and rule nisi

+ - `ga-deadlines` — time computation and Georgia holidays

+ ## References

+ - `references/fulton-courts-jurisdiction.md` — court-by-court

+ jurisdiction split and where to file

+ - `references/fulton-efiling.md` — eFileGA / PeachCourt workflows and

+ document codes

+ - `references/fulton-standing-orders.md` — per-judge Civil Standing

+ Case Management Orders and the Family Division Automatic Domestic

+ Standing Order

+ - `references/mabcd-business-case-division.md` — Metro Atlanta Business

+ Case Division intake and transfer