O.C.G.A. § 15-20-5: Showing required.

Upon receipt of an application under Code Section 15-20-4, the judge of the superior court may require such showing and otherwise give the matter such direction as he deems necessary to satisfy himself that the application is complete and in order, that the purposes of Code Section 15-20-2 are served, and that the requirements contemplated in paragraph (1) of Code Section 15-20-3 are met. He may also require such showing and otherwise give the matter such direction as he deems necessary to establish a standard of indigency appropriate to that county.