§ 15-7-42 - Hearing on merits in open court; other proceedings allowed in chambers
O.C.G.A. 15-7-42 (2010)
15-7-42. Hearing on merits in open court; other proceedings allowed in chambers
All trials on the merits shall be conducted in open court and, so far as convenient, in a regular courtroom. All other proceedings, hearings, and acts may be done or conducted by a judge in chambers and in the absence of the clerk or other court officials. The judge of the court may hear motions and enter interlocutory orders, in all cases pending in the court over which he presides, in open court or in chambers.