# 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,_

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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 7 D0 17 9 . AMBER SI GAFOOSE v . HERBERT RHETT COBB.

On No v e m

b e r 2 2

, 2 0 1 6

, Am

ber Si g afo o s e fi l ed t h is ap p li cat i o n fo r

d i s cret i o n ary ap p eal o f t h e tri al co u rt ’s J u l y 18

, 2 01 6 t em p o rary o rd er award i n g

Herb ert Rh et t Co b b s o l e p h y s i cal an d l eg al cu s t o d y o f t h e p art i es ’ m i n o r ch i l d

. W e,

h o wev er, l ack ju ri s di ct i o n.

Pu rs uan t t o OCGA § 5 -6 -3 4 (a) (1 1 ), “ [a] l l j u d gm en t s o r o r d e r s i n ch i ld

cu s t o d y cas es award i ng

, refu si n g t o ch an g e, o r m o d ify i n g ch il d cu s t od y ” are d i rect l y

ap p eal ab l e. Th erefo re, a p art y s eek i n g t o ch al l en g e a ch il d cu s to dy o rd er, i n cl u d i n g

an i n t erl o cu t o ry o rd er, m ay fi l e a d i rect ap peal

. Co h en v. Co h en

, 3 0 0 Ga. A p p

. 7

, 8

(1 ) (6 84 SE2 d 9 4 ) (2 0 0 9 ); La cy v. La cy

, 3 2 0 G a. Ap p

. 7 39

, 7 4 2 (3 ) (7 4 0 SE2 d 6 9 5 )

(2 0 1 3). Ord i n ari l y

, wh e n a p a rt y ap p l ies fo r d is cret i o n ary rev i ew o f a d i rect l y

ap p eal ab l e o rd er, w e g ran t th e ap p l icat i o n

. See OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (j). To fal l wi t h in

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 o f en try o f t h e

o r d er o r ju dg m en t t o b e ap peal ed

. OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (d ); Hi l l v St a t e

, 2 0 4 Ga. Ap p

.

5 8 2

, 5 8 2 (4 2 0 SE2 d 3 9 3 ) (1 9 9 2 ). Here, Si g afo os e fi l ed h er ap p l i cat i o n 1 2 7 day s aft er

t h e t ri al co u rt ’ s o rd er was en t ered

. 1 Becau s e t he ap p l i cat i o n is u n t i m el y

, i t i s h ereb y

1 Si g afo o s e al s o fi l ed a p ro s e m o t i o n ti t led “ M o t i o n t o W ai v e t h e Req u i red 1 0

Day Fi l i n g ,” i n wh i ch s h e req ues t s t h is Co u rt t o g ran t an o u t -o f-t i m e ap peal

. Pu rs u an t

t o OCGA § 5 -6 -3 9 (a) (5 ), t h i s C o u r t m a y g r a n t an ex ten s i o n of t i m e fo r fi l i n g an

ap p li cat io n fo r d i s cret i o nary ap p eal

. Ga b l e v. S t a t e

, 2 9 0 Ga. 8 1

, 8 4 (2 ) (a) (7 2 0 SE2 d

1 7 0 ) (2 01 1 ). T h e req u es t fo r an ex t en s i o n, h o wev er, “ m u s t be m ad e befo re ex p i rat i o n

o f t he peri o d fo r fi l i n g as o ri g i n al l y p res cri bed o r as ex t en d ed b y a p erm i s s i b l e

p rev i o u s o rd er.” OCG A § 5

- 6 -3 9 (d ); s ee al s o Ga bl e

, 29 0 Ga. at 8 4 -8 5 (2 ) (a). December 06, 2016DISM 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

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 is a tr 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 t h 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

.

Fu r t h erm o re, t h i s Co urt h as n o au th o ri t y t o p erm i t an ou t -o f-t i m e ap p eal at t h i s ju n ct u re, wh ere t h e t ri al co u rt h as n o t d et erm i n ed wh et her Si g afo o s e i s en t i t l ed t o fi l e

an o u t -o f-t i m e ap p eal

. See e.g

. In t he In t er es t o f B

. R. F.

, 2 9 9 Ga. 2 9 4, 2 9 8 -2 9 9 (7 8 8

SE2 d 4 1 6) (2 0 1 6). 12/06/2016