The Supreme Court of Georgia late Thursday stayed an action by the Chatham Superior Court bench that last week stripped that county’s chief Recorders Court judge of her administrative powers, saying it could not say with certainty that the writ of prohibition issued by the Superior Court bench was legal.

The state high court unanimously granted the emergency motion filed Sept. 9 by Chatham Recorders Court Chief Judge Tammy Stokes, saying that while the justices were also “troubled” by reports about the Recorders Court operations, “given the absence of a clear legal precedent” for the action by the Superior Court bench, a stay of the writ pending appeal was warranted.

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