# 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 6 I 0 0 83

. MI C HAEL DELEON v . J ACQUELI NE DELEON.

M i ch ael and J acq u el i n e D eLeo n d i v o rced i n 2 0 1 4

. J acq uel i n e, wh o h ad m o v ed

t o Fl o ri d a, was g i ven p ri m ary ph y s i cal cu s t o d y o f t h e p art i e s ’ m i n o r ch i l d

. In J u l y

2 0 1 5

, M i ch ael

– wh o s t i l l res i d es i n Geo rg ia

– fi l ed an ex -p art e p et it i o n fo r

i m m ed i at e cu s t o d y o f t h e ch i l d b as ed o n al l eg at i o n s t h at Jacq u el i n e’ s b o y fri en d h ad

ab u sed h i m

. Th e t ri al co u rt g ran t ed t h e p et i t i o n an d i s su e d a n e m e rg en cy o rd er

g ran t i n g p ri m ary p hy s i cal cu s t o d y t o M i ch ael

. Th e m o t h er o b ject ed t h a t t h e t ri al

co u rt l ack ed j u ri s d i ct i on b ecau s e Fl o ri d a i s n o w t h e ch i ld ’ s h o m e s t at e. Th e co u rt

en t ered a t em

p o rary o rd er fi n d in g t h at i t h ad em erg en cy ju ri s d i ct i on an d ru l i n g t h at

t h e em erg en cy o rd er “ s h al l rem ai n i n fu ll fo rce an d effect u nt i l fu rt h er o rd er o f t h e

Co u rt .” M i ch ael t h en fi l ed t h is ap p l i cat i on fo r i n t erl o cu t o ry ap peal

.

Un d e r O C G A § 5 -6 -3 4 (a) (1 1 ), “ [a] l l ju d g m en t s o r o rd ers i n ch i l d cu s t o dy

cas es award i n g

, refu s i ng t o ch an g e, o r m o d i fy i n g ch i l d cu s t o dy ” are d i r e c t l y

ap p eal ab l e, in cl u d i n g i n t erl o cu t o ry cu s t o d y ord ers

. See La cy v. La cy

, 3 2 0 Ga. Ap p.

7 3 9

, 7 4 2 ( 3) (7 4 0 SE2 d 6 9 5 ) (2 0 1 3 ). Becau s e t h e o rd er t o b e ap p eal ed ex t en d s a

p ri o r em erg en cy

cu s t o d y o rd er, i t fal l s wi th i n t h e s co p e of OCGA § 5 -6 -3 4 (a) (1 1 )

an d i s d irect l y

ap p eal ab l e.

“ Th i s Co u rt wi l l g ran t a ti m el y ap p l i cat i o n fo r i n t erl o cu t ory rev i ew i f t h e o rd er

co m p l ai n ed o f i s su b

ject t o d i rect ap p eal an d th e ap p l i can t s h av e n o t o t h erwi s e fi l ed

a n o t ice o f ap p eal .” S

p i vey v. Hemb r ee

, 2 6 8 Ga. Ap p

. 48 5

, 4 8 6

, n

. 1 (6 0 2 SE2 d 2 4 6 )

( 2 004)

. A c c or dingly

, M i ch ael DeLeo n’ s ap p l i cat i o n fo r i n t erl o cu t o ry ap p e a l i s he r e by

GRANTED. He sh al l h av e t en d ay s fro m th e d at e o f t h i s o rd er t o f i l e a n o t i ce o f

ap p eal i f h e h a s n o t al read y d on e s o

. Th e cl erk o f t h e s u p eri o r co u rt i s d i rect ed to December 17, 2015i n cl u d e a co p y o f t h i s o rd er i n t h e ap p eal reco rd t ran s m i tt ed t o t h i s Co u rt

.

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 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

.

, C l e r k

. 12/17/2015