# 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 :

A1 5 D0 08 1 . J EFFREY BRYAN BI R DSONG v

. CATHERI NE BARNETT.

J effrey Bry an Bi rd s o ng h as fi l ed an ap p l i cat i o n fo r d i s cret i o n ary ap p eal fro m

t h e t ri al co u r t ’s o r d e r h o l d i n g h i m i n co n t em p t fo r v i ol at i n g a St al k i n g Pro t ect i v e

Ord er. Th e o rd er, h o wev er, i s s u b ject t o d irect ap p eal

.

Pu rs uan t t o OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (a) (2 ), a part y m u s t f o l l o w t h e d i s cret i o n ary

ap p eal p ro ced u re t o o bt ai n rev i ew i n a d o m es t i c rel at i o ns cas e, i ncl u d i n g t ho s e t h at

i n v o l v e fam il y v i o l en ce. See Sc h mi d t v. S ch mi d t

, 2 7 0 G a. 4 6 1 (1 ) (5 1 0 SE2 d 8 1 0 )

(1 9 9 9). “ [T] h e t er m ‘f

a m i l y v i o len ce’ m ean s

. . . act s b et ween p as t o r p res en t

s p o u ses

, p ers o n s wh o are p aren t s o f t h e s am e ch il d

, p aren ts an d ch i l d ren

, s t ep p aren t s

an d st e p c h i l d ren

, fo s ter p aren t s an d fo s t er ch i l d ren

, o r o t h er p ers o n s l i v i n g o r

fo rm erl y l i vi n g i n t h e s am e h o us eh o l d [.] ” OCGA § 1 9-1 3 -1

.

Here, t h e t ri al co u rt ’ s o rd er i s t i t l ed “ Ord er Co n cern i n g M o ti o n fo r Co n t em pt

– Fam i l y Vi o l en ce.” Ho wev er, t h at t i t l e i s n o t co n t r o l l i n g, as i t i s wel l es t ab l i s h ed

t h at s u b s t an ce co n t ro ls o v er n o m en cl at ure. See, e.g

., Gi les v. S t a t e

, 2 5 7 Ga. Ap p

. 6 5

(2 ) (5 7 0 SE2 d 3 7 5 ) (2 0 0 2 ). Becau s e t h i s cas e co n cern s Bi rd s on g ’ s act i o ns t o ward

h i s n ei g h b o r, wi t h wh o m h e d o e s no t h av e a fam i l i al rel at i o ns h ip

, i t i s n o t a fam i l y

v i o l en ce cas e wi t h i n t h e m ean i n g o f OCGA § 1 9 -1 3 -1

, n o r a d o m es t i c rel at i o n s cas e

wi t h i n t h e m ean i n g o f O CGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (a) (2 ). Bi rd s o n g

, th erefo re, was n o t req u i red

t o fo l l o w t he d i s cret i o n ary ap p eal p ro ced ures t o o b tai n ap p el l at e rev i ew.

W e wi l l g ran t an o th erwi s e t i m el y ap pl i cat i o n fo r di s cret i o n ary ap p eal i f t h e

l o wer co u rt ’ s o rd er i s s u b

ject t o d i rect ap p eal

. See OCGA § 5-6 -3 5 (j). Acco rd i n g l y

,

t h i s ap p l i cat i o n i s h ereb y GRANTED, an d Bi rd s o n g s h al l h av e t en d ay s fro m t h e d at e

o f t h is o rd er t o fi le a n o ti ce o f ap p eal wi t h t h e t ri al co u rt

. I f h e h as al read y fi l ed a October 27, 2014n o t i ce o f ap p eal i n t h e t ri al co u rt , h e n eed n o t fi l e a s eco n d n o t i ce. Th e cl erk o f t h e

t ri al co u rt i s DIRECTED to i n cl u d e a co p y of t h i s o rd er i n t h e reco rd t ran s m i t t ed to

t h e Co u rt o f Ap p eal s

.

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f G e o r g ia

C le r k ’ s O f f i c e

, A t la n t a

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I c e r t i f y th 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

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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

. 10/27/2014