§ 9-9-16.Appeals authorized

Arbitration limits how much a court can second-guess the arbitrators, but it does not eliminate appellate review of the court’s own rulings. This section confirms that any judgment entered under this part — and any order the statute treats as a final judgment, such as an order vacating an award under Code Section 9-9-13 — can be appealed.

Rather than creating a special arbitration appeal track, the section routes these appeals through Georgia’s existing appellate procedure statute. That means the ordinary rules on filing deadlines, notices of appeal, and appellate jurisdiction that apply to any other civil judgment apply here as well.

In practice, this section is what makes the earlier sections’ references to a “final judgment” meaningful. When Code Section 9-9-13 says a court’s ruling on a motion to vacate constitutes a final judgment, this section is the reason that label carries consequences — it opens the door to appellate review rather than leaving the ruling as the last word.