# C o u rt o f

A p p ea ls

o f t h e S t a te o f

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ATLANTA,_

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Th e Co u rt

o f Ap p ea l s h er eb y p a s s es t h e f

o ll owi n g o r der :

A2 1 D0 10 7 . RASHI DA STROBER v

. THOMAS HARRI S.

On Oct o b er 2 7

, 2 02 0

, R as h i d a St ro b er fi l ed t h i s p ro s e ap pl i cat i o n fo r

d i s cret i o n ary ap p eal

, seek i n g t o ap p eal t h e t ri al co u rt ’ s Au g us t 2 7

, 2 0 2 0 o rd er

d i s m i s s i n g a t em

p o rary p ro tect i v e o rd er. W e, h owev er, l ack ju ri s d i ct i o n

.

B e c a u s e t h i s act i o n do es n o t ap p ear t o h av e b een b ro ug h t u n d er t h e Fam i l y

Vi o len ce Act

, 1 St ro b er ap pears t o h av e a ri g ht o f d i rect ap p eal b ecau s e a p art y m ay

fi le a d i rect ap p eal fro m a p ro t ect i v e o rd er t h at was en t ered i n an act i o n b ro u g h t u n d er

t h e gen eral s t al k in g s t at u te. See, e.g

., S i n cl a i r v. Da l y

, 2 9 5 Ga. Ap p

. 6 1 3 (6 7 2 SE2 d

6 7 2 ) (2 0 09 ) (rev er s i n g on d i rect ap p eal a s t al k in g p ro t ect i v e o rd er en t ered u n d er

OCGA § 1 6 -5 -9 4 ); Pi l ch er v. S t r i b l i n g , 2 8 2 Ga. 1 6 6 (6 4 7 SE2 d 8 ) (2 0 0 7 ) (s am e).

Th i s Co u rt o rd i n ari l y wi l l g ran t an a p p l i cat i o n fo r di s cret io n ary rev i ew o f a

d i rect l y ap p eal ab l e o rd er u nd er OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (j). T o fal l wi th i n t h i s g en eral ru l e,

h o wev er, t h e ap p l i cat i o n m u s t b e fi led wi t h i n 3 0 d ay s of en t ry o f t h e o rd er o r

ju d g m en t s o u g h t to b e ap p eal ed

. See O CGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (d ), (j). T h e r e q u irem en t s o f

OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 are ju ri s d i ct i o n al

, an d t hi s Co u rt can n o t accep t an ap pl i cat i o n fo r

ap p eal no t m ad e i n co m

pl ian ce t h erewi t h

. See Bo yl e v. St a te

, 1 90 Ga. Ap p

. 7 3 4

, 7 3 4

(3 8 0 SE2 d 5 7 ) (1 9 8 9 ). St ro b er’ s ap p li cat i o n i s u n t i m el y

, as i t w as fi l ed 6 1 d ay s aft er

1 A p art y m

u s t fi l e an ap p l i cat i o n fo r d i s cret i o n ary ap p eal t o o b t ai n rev i ew o f

a p ro t ect i v e o r d e r t h a t was en tered in an act i o n b ro ug h t u n der t h e Fam i l y Vi o l en ce

Act

, b ecau se s uch cas es are do m es t i c rel at io n s cas es wi t h i n t h e m e a n i n g of OCGA

§ 5 -6 -3 5 (a) (2 ). See Sch mi d t v. S ch mi d t , 2 7 0 Ga. 4 61 , 4 61 -4 6 2 (1 ) (5 10 SE2 d 8 1 0 )

(1 9 9 9). November 25, 2020en t ry of t h e o rd er s h e s eek s t o ap p eal

. Acco rd i n g l y, t h i s ap pl icat i o n is h ereb y

DISM ISSED fo r l ack o f ju ri s d i ct i o n

.

C o u r t o f A p p e a l s o f t h e S t a t e o

f G e o r g ia

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, A t la n t a

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I c e r ti fy t h a t t h e a b o v e i s a t r u e e x t r a c t f r o m

t h e m i n u t e s o

f t h e C o u r t o

f A p p e a l s o f G e o r g i a

. W i tn e s s m y s i g n a t u r e a n d th e s e a l o

f s a i d c o u r t

h e r e t o a f f i x e d t h e d a y a n d y e a r l a s t a b o v e w r i t t e n

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, C l e r k

. 11/25/2020