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# Camelia H. Ruffin

DeKalb County Probate Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: DeKalb County Probate Court
- State: Georgia
- Role: Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-08-25

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### electronic devices and recording

Scope: statewide

Georgia's class-specific Uniform Court Rules govern electronic devices and recording in state trial courts. Before using recording, photography, livestreaming, or similar courtroom technology, confirm the governing rule and the assigned court's procedure.

Evidence excerpt: Uniform Superior, Juvenile, Magistrate, Municipal and Probate Court Rules

[Supreme Court of Georgia, court orders amending Uniform Trial Court Rules](https://www.gasupreme.us/rules/amendments-to-rules)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/689215c959d56b0309e5b790/)
- [Official roster](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/689215c959d56b0309e5b790/)
- [Supreme Court of Georgia, court orders amending Uniform Trial Court Rules](https://www.gasupreme.us/rules/amendments-to-rules)
- [Judicial Council of Georgia Administrative Office of the Courts official judicial roster](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/689215c959d56b0309e5b790/)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Part‐time Associate Judge in the DeKalb County Probate Court, serving under Chief Judge Bedelia C. Hargrove, and is also the founder of The Ruffin Firm, LLC

### Education


### Additional information

- In 2025, the DeKalb County Finance Audit and Budget Committee approved forwarding her part‐time associate judge appointment to the full Board of Commissioners for final action.
- Before her judicial appointment, Ruffin was an attorney in probate, guardianship, estate planning, elder law, and Medicaid/long‐term care planning.
- The committee noted the appointment was budget‐neutral and highlighted her nearly two years of service in the probate office under Assistant Chief Judge Bedelia Hargrove



## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Georgia Probate Court Rule 11 — virtual proceedings](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-fd6e1558b530329a117d6f9d) — Georgia Probate Courts only. Virtual proceedings; consent, exceptions and judicial orders control. Dated 2023 source, later amendments not exhaustively certified. [Official source](https://www.gasupreme.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Rule-11-Order_approved.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.