Section 5-5-1 - [See Note] Power of probate, superior, state, juvenile, State-wide Business, Tax, and City of Atlanta courts(a) The superior, state, and juvenile courts, the Georgia State-wide Business Court, the Georgia Tax Court, and the City Court of Atlanta shall have power to correct errors and grant new trials in cases or collateral issues in any of the respective courts in such manner and under such rules as they may establish according to law and the usages and customs of courts.(b) Probate courts shall have power to correct errors and grant new trials in civil cases provided for by Article 6 of Chapter 9 of Title 15 under such rules and procedures as apply to the superior courts.Amended by 2024 Ga. Laws 601,§ 2-2, eff. 7/1/2026 only if an amendment to the Constitution to provide that the Georgia Tax Court shall have state-wide jurisdiction as provided by law and that decisions of such court shall be appealed to the Court of Appeals, subject to review by the Supreme Court of Georgia, is ratified by the voters at the November, 2024, state-wide general election.Amended by 2019 Ga. Laws 271,§ 2-1, eff. 5/7/2019.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.