Matter-neutral reference hub for Georgia civil practice. Indexes the Georgia reference corpus — Uniform Court Rules (USCR + Uniform State Court Rules + Uniform Magistrate Court Rules + Supreme Court & Court of Appeals rules) and the O.C.G.A. chapters most used in civil, consumer, and family matters (Title 9 Civil Practice Act + limitations, Title 24 Evidence, Title 10 FBPA, Title 18 garnishment, Title 44 landlord-tenant + exemptions, Title 19 domestic relations, Title 15 courts, Title 11 UCC) — plus the shared federal corpora it symlinks. Triggers include "Georgia statute reference", "O.C.G.A. text", "look up O.C.G.A. §", "Georgia court rules", "USCR", "Uniform Superior Court Rule", "Georgia Civil Practice Act", "Georgia evidence rule", "Georgia statute of limitations", "look up Georgia case law", "what's the Georgia rule on X". Every other ga- skill cites into this corpus for rule numbers, statute sections, and case authorities.
Use when the user asks about timing or deadlines in a Georgia civil case. Triggers include "when is my answer due in Georgia", "how many days to respond in Georgia", "30 days to respond", "compute a deadline", "Georgia statute of limitations credit card", "what's the SOL on a contract in Georgia", "Georgia court holidays", "court-day vs calendar-day in Georgia", "discovery response deadline Georgia", "motion response deadline", "default deadline Georgia", "notice of appeal 30 days Georgia", "dispossessory answer deadline", "is my debt too old to sue on in Georgia". Computes calendar-day and court-day deadlines under O.C.G.A. § 1-3-1(d)(3) (incorporated into the Civil Practice Act by O.C.G.A. § 9-11-6(a)), excludes Georgia legal holidays under O.C.G.A. § 1-4-1, applies the Saturday / Sunday / holiday roll-forward and the sub-7-day exclusion of intermediate weekends and holidays, and maps named civil rules and statutes of limitation to days plus authority via the bundled calendar script.
This skill should be used when drafting or filing documents in any Cobb County, Georgia court — the Superior Court of Cobb County (Cobb Judicial Circuit), the State Court of Cobb County, the Cobb County Magistrate Court, or Cobb Probate/Juvenile. Triggers include "file in Cobb County", "Cobb County Superior Court", "Cobb State Court debt suit", "Cobb domestic standing order", "Marietta court", "Cobb magistrate small claims", "PeachCourt Cobb", "Cobb divorce", "Cobb dispossessory", or "Cobb continuing garnishment". Covers which Cobb court hears a given matter, the Cobb caption variants, the two Cobb domestic standing orders that attach automatically at filing, the Domestic Relations Financial Affidavit deadlines, and Cobb's PeachCourt e-filing platform (not Odyssey eFileGA). Layer on top of `ga-statewide-format`.
Use this skill for Georgia consumer-debt defense — debt-buyer suits, original-creditor collection cases, and any matter turning on FDCPA, Regulation F, FCRA, TILA, the Georgia Fair Business Practices Act (FBPA), chain-of-title / standing, or the business-records foundation a debt buyer needs to win. Triggers: "Midland Credit sued me in Georgia", "Georgia debt buyer lawsuit", "Portfolio Recovery sued me Georgia", "LVNV Funding Georgia", "I was sued on a credit card in Georgia", "answer a State Court debt complaint", "Magistrate Court debt lawsuit Georgia", "FBPA", "credit card statute of limitations Georgia", "time-barred debt Georgia", "chain of title Georgia debt", "set aside default judgment debt Georgia", "FDCPA counterclaim Georgia". Subject- matter bundle covering FDCPA / Reg F / FBPA substantive law, chain-of-title and standing doctrine, the debt-buyer business- records battleground, affirmative defenses, discovery banks, and counterclaims for Georgia debt-defense litigation.
Use when handling a Georgia case in any county NOT covered by the dedicated venue skills (`ga-fulton`, `ga-cobb`, `ga-gwinnett`). A rest-of-state roll-up that drives the per-county research workflow: identify the county's judicial circuit, whether it has a State Court, its Magistrate Court, which e-filing platform it uses (PeachCourt vs. Odyssey eFileGA), the local rules, and the clerk's filing and fee practices. Triggers: "file in [other Georgia county]", "my Georgia county court", "which e-filing system Georgia", "PeachCourt or eFileGA", "what circuit is [county] in", "does [county] have a State Court", "Superior Court of [county]", "Georgia county clerk filing", "Georgia local court rules". Statewide rules (CPA, the Uniform State / Superior / Magistrate Court Rules, O.C.G.A. § 9-11-10 format) apply everywhere; local practice and standing orders vary by circuit. Layers on top of `ga-statewide-format`.
This skill should be used when drafting, responding to, or compelling discovery in a Georgia civil case. Triggers include "Georgia interrogatories", "interrogatories under O.C.G.A. § 9-11-33", "requests for production Georgia", "requests for admission deemed admitted", "RFA Georgia", "Georgia deposition", "discovery period", "discovery deadline Georgia", "motion to compel Georgia", "protective order Georgia", "subpoena Georgia". Covers the Georgia Civil Practice Act discovery framework (O.C.G.A. §§ 9-11-26 to 9-11-37): the scope of discovery, the 50-interrogatory cap, requests for production, the requests-for-admission deemed-admitted trap, depositions, the 30-day (45-day if served with the summons) response window, the six-month USCR 5 discovery period, protective orders, supplementation, motions to compel with expenses, and subpoenas.
This skill should be used to scaffold a Georgia affidavit or declaration. Triggers include "draft a Georgia affidavit", "sworn declaration Georgia", "draft a supporting affidavit Georgia", "notarized affidavit for a Georgia motion", "affidavit in support of summary judgment Georgia", "unsworn declaration Georgia". Produces a sworn affidavit (the Georgia default for evidentiary use) or an unsworn declaration where permitted, with a proper personal-knowledge foundation, numbered paragraphs, exhibit references, and the correct jurat or verification language.
This skill should be used to scaffold a Georgia civil motion with its supporting brief. Triggers include "draft a Georgia motion", "write a motion to dismiss Georgia", "draft a Georgia motion to compel", "draft a motion for summary judgment Georgia", "draft a motion to set aside default Georgia", "draft a motion under O.C.G.A. § 9-11-56". Produces a motion plus supporting brief in the Georgia format, applying the pro-se drafting framework (clear relief, cite the rule or statute, state supporting facts, conclude with the signature block and required certificate of service). Composes with `ga-statewide-format` for the format baseline, `ga-draft-declaration` for sworn facts, `ga-draft-order` for the proposed order, and the relevant venue and subject-matter skills.