{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-14-2-746","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 14-2-746","heading":"Payment of expenses.","body":"On termination of the derivative proceeding the court may:\n(1) Order the corporation to pay the plaintiff’s reasonable expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in the proceeding if it finds that the proceeding has resulted in a substantial benefit to the corporation; or\n(2) Order the plaintiff to pay any defendant’s reasonable expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in defending the proceeding if it finds that the proceeding was commenced or maintained without reasonable cause or for an improper purpose.","path":["TITLE 14 Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations","CHAPTER 2 Business Corporations","Article 7 Shareholders","PART 4 Derivative Proceedings"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.14.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"e3f4bdbafa3538bcdbec503d6601d61ccdc37220d1ab3f361d5a9d806566416d","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-14-2-745","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-14-2-747"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}