Filed an affidavit due to only having a copy of the will vs the original.

Under Georgia law, if an original Will cannot be located, and if the Will was known or believed to have been in the deceased person's possession before his or her death, then the fact that the original Will cannot be found raises a rebuttable presumption that the person who wrote the Will destroyed the original, intended to revoke the Will. The probate court is telling you that your affidavit failed to address and attempt to rebut that presumption. In order to rebut the presumption that the Will was revoked, you need to provide evidence that supports a conclusion that the deceased person may have simply lost track of the Will and not realized that it was missing. Items that might qualify would be affidavits from people to whom the decedent spoke about having a Will before his or her death, stating that the decedent made remarks that caused the listener to believe that he or she had a Will in effect and that it was the same Will for which the copy is presented. In a lot of cases, it actually makes sense, when an original Will cannot be found after an extensive search, to run with the presumption, and act as if the decedent dies intestate, instead of trying to probate a copy of a Will. However, if you believe, on good evidence, that the decedent likely did not destroy the original Will intending to revoke it, then you need to provide that evidence to the probate court when you attempt to probate the copy. So if you have that kind of evidence, you'll need to present it to the probate court now. I urge you to have an attorney help you with that process. Best wishes to you.

The affidavit should have addressed whether in the circumstances you described Georgia law would treat the Will as though it had been revoked (the original destroyed) or allow you to probate (prove) a copy of the Will.