# C o u rt o f

A p p ea ls

o f t h e S t a te o f

G eo rg ia

ATLANTA,_

_ _ __ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ 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 9 A1 49 1 . MARI LYN E. GOODRI C H v . ELLEN S. GOODRI CH.

M ari l y n E. Go o d ri ch fi l ed s u i t ag ai ns t El len S. Go o d ri ch i n Co b b Co u n t y St at e Co u rt

. On Decem

ber 6, 2 01 8 , t h e t ri al co u rt en t e r e d a n o rd er t ran s ferri n g v en u e to Bal d w i n Co u n t y

. T h e o rd er p ro v i d ed th at , i f t ran s fer co s t s were no t pai d wi t h i n t wo week s , t h e cas e wo u l d s t an d d i s m i s s ed

. On J an u ary 1 5, 20 1 9 , M ari l y n Go od ri ch fi l ed

a n o t i ce o f ap p eal p u rp o rt in g t o ch al l en g e a Decem b er 2 6 , 2 0 1 9 d i s m i s s al

. W e l ack ju ri s d i ct i o n

. A n o t i ce o f ap p eal m

u s t b e fi l ed wi t h in 3 0 day s aft er en t ry o f t h e o rd er o n ap p eal

. OCGA § 5 -6 -3 8 (a). Th e pro p er an d t i m el y fi l i n g o f a n o t i ce o f ap p eal is an ab s o lu t e req u i rem en t t o co n fer ju r i s d i c t i o n on t h is Co u rt

. See Co uch v. Un i t ed
Pa p er wo r ker s In t l

. Un io n , 22 4 Ga. Ap p

. 7 2 1 (4 8 2 SE2 d 7 04 ) (1 9 9 7 ). Here, M ari l y n Go o d ri ch fi l ed h er n o ti ce o f ap p eal 4 0 d ay s aft er en t ry o f t h e o rd er s h e s eek s to
ap p eal

. Fu rt herm o re, i t i s wel l -s et t l ed t h at a co u rt o rd er t ran s ferr i n g a cas e fro m o n e
t ri al co urt t o an o t h er i s n o t a fi n al j u d gm en t, as t h e c a s e r e m ai n s pen d i ng b el o w, al b ei t i n a d i fferen t co u rt

. 1 See In t h e In t er es t o f W

. L. , 33 5 Ga. Ap p

. 5 6 1 , 5 6 3 (7 8 2 SE2 d 4 6 4) (2 0 1 6); Gr i

f f i t h v. G eo r

gi a Bd

. o f Den t is t r y , 1 7 5 Ga. Ap p

. 5 3 3 (3 3 3 SE2 d 6 4 7 ) (1 98 5 ). Th erefo re, t o ap p eal t h e t ran s fer o rd er, Mari l y n Go o d ri ch was req u i red

1 In co ns t ru i n g o rd ers , s u b s t an ce co n t ro l s

. See F or es t C i t y Gu n Cl u b v. Ch a t ha m Co u n t

y , 2 8 0 Ga. Ap p

. 2 1 9 , 2 2 0 (6 3 3 SE2 d 6 23 ) (2 0 0 6). Al t h o u gh M ari l y n Go o d ri ch s u g g es t s t he co urt ’ s o rd er c o n s t i t u t es a d i s m i ss al o rd er, it is p ro p erl y
co n st ru ed as a t ran s fer o rd er. March 12, 2019t o co m

p l y wi t h t h e i n t erl o cu to ry ap p eal pro ced ures o f OCGA § 5

- 6 -3 4 (b ), wh i ch i n cl u d e ob t ai n i n g a cert i fi cat e of im m ed i at e rev i ew fro m t h e t ri al co u rt an d fi l i n g an ap p ro p ri at e ap p l i cat i o n t o t hi s Co u rt

. Gr i f f i t h , s u pra; s ee al s o M

a u e r v

. P a r

ker
Fi b er n et , LLC , 3 0 6 Ga. Ap p

. 1 6 0 , 1 6 1 (7 0 1 SE 2 d 5 9 9 ) (2 0 1 0). Becau s e M ari l y n Go o d ri ch fai l ed t o d o s o , h er ap p eal i s p rem at u re. 2
Fo r t h es e reas o n s , we l ack ju ri s d i ct i o n o ver t h is ap p e a l , wh i ch i s h ereb y DISM ISSED.

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 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 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 t n 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

.

, C l e r k

.

2 M ari l y n Go o d ri ch h as h ad a pri o r d i rect ap peal i n a s ep arat e act io n d i s m i s s ed

o n t h i s ex act b as i s

. See G o od r i ch v. Go o d

r i ch , Cas e No

. A1 8 A1 1 4 5 , d i s m i s s ed Feb ru ary 2 8 , 2 0 1 8

. 03/12/2019