Chastain v. Baker, 42888
Decision Date | 13 February 1986 |
Docket Number | No. 42888,42888 |
Citation | 339 S.E.2d 241,255 Ga. 432 |
Parties | CHASTAIN et al. v. BAKER et al. |
Court | Georgia Supreme Court |
Larry William Russell, McDonough, for Annette S. Chastain, et al.
Everett D. Caldwell, Carolyn S. Weeks, Decatur, for Jacqueline J. Baker, et al.
George E. Glaze, Steven M. Fincher, Claude L. Goza, Jr., Amici Curiae.
The Court of Appeals has certified the following question to this court:
The record before this court contains the suggestion of the death of the alleged incapacitated person, for the appointment of a guardian of whose person and property a petition was filed in this case. Under the Appellate Practice Act, the dismissal of an appeal is mandatory for the three specific instances contained in subsection (b) of OCGA § 5-6-48, Young v. Climatrol Southeast Dist. Corp., 237 Ga. 53, 55, 226 S.E.2d 737 (1976), one of which is "(3) Where the questions presented have become moot." "A moot case is one which seeks to determine an abstract question which does not arise upon existing facts or rights." (Emphasis supplied.) Black's Law Dict. (Revd. 4th ed.). " National Council of Jewish Women v. Cobb County, 247 Ga. 198, 275 S.E.2d 315 (1981) and cits.; Goodyear v. Trust Co. Bank, 247 Ga. 281 (1), 276 S.E.2d 30 (1981).
Of course, a case may be moot, but, because the error is capable of repetition and yet evades review, the appeal will be considered. United Food & Commercial Workers Union v. Amberjack, Ltd., 253 Ga. 438, 321 S.E.2d 736 (1984) and cit.; Caldwell v. Bateman, 252 Ga. 144 (1), 312 S.E.2d 320 (1984) and cit.; Poythress v. Moses, 250 Ga. 452 (1), ...
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