Rule 2.7 - Article 6 Probate Courts(A) "Article 6 Probate Courts" refers to a probate court with expanded jurisdiction according to Article 6 of Chapter 9 of Title 15 of the Code, OCGA §§ 15-9-120 through 15-9-127, which are probate courts in counties with a population of more than 90,000 persons according to the U.S. Decennial Census of 2010 or any future such census in which the judge thereof has been admitted to the practice of law for at least seven years.(B) The general laws and rules of pleadings, defenses, amendments, counter or cross claims, third-party practice, joinder of parties and causes, parties, discovery and depositions, interpleader, intervention, evidence, motions, summary judgment, relief from judgments, and the effect of judgments which are applicable in the superior courts shall be applicable to and govern in civil cases before Article 6 Probate Courts. Amended effective June 16, 2022.