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# Savannah B. Dixon

Rabun County Probate Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Rabun 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/62e035c868f00b00247fc54e/)
- [Official roster](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/62e035c868f00b00247fc54e/)
- [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/62e035c868f00b00247fc54e/)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- The current Rabun County, Georgia Probate Judge, serving in the role since March 26, 2025, after being sworn in to fill the vacancy created by Judge Carlton “Hobie” Jones III’s appointment to the Superior Court
- Sworn in: March 26, 2025, before Mountain Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge William R.

### Education



### Additional information

- Veteran of the county’s court system, with over 20 years of combined staff experience in the Probate Court
- “Bill” Oliver
- As Rabun County Probate Judge, Dixon presides over probate cases, guardianships, conservatorships, wills, estates, marriage license issuance, and certain traffic court matters.
- Prior role: Associate Probate Judge in Rabun County under Judge Jones, a position she held before her promotion



## 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.