GEORGIA COURT OF APPEALS CASE NO. A26A2011

No Writ.
No Lockout.
No Trash-Out.

A Georgia appeal asks whether a foreclosure purchaser can rely on assumed vacancy after filing a dispossessory action, receiving an answer contesting possession, voluntarily dismissing the case, and obtaining no writ of possession.

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1. Court process existed

Go America filed a dispossessory action. Cate answered and contested possession/title-related issues.

2. No writ issued

The dispossessory was voluntarily dismissed. Posted record materials include the answer and dismissal; no writ of possession was issued.

3. Cleanout alleged

Cate contends she later discovered a completed cleanout, missing property, and remaining property still under others' control.

The public question

If a purchaser files a dispossessory, receives an answer, dismisses the case, and never obtains a writ, can the home and belongings still be treated as abandoned by assumption?

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