# 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 8 A1 22 9 . HAGGARD v . I NGRAM et a l

.

In a fi n al o rd er en t ered No v em b er 2 7

, 2 0 17

, t h e Su peri o r Co u rt o f M ad i so n

C o u n t y g ran t ed cu st o dy o f a m i n or ch i ld

, K. H., t o h i s pat ern al au nt an d u n cl e , Gray s o n In g ram

an d M ary

El i zab et h In g ram . K. H.’ s p at ern al gran d m o th er, W an d a
Hag gard , ap p eal ed

. O n M ay 1 8

, 2 0 1 8

, h o wev er, t h e In g ram s m o v ed t o d i s m i s s t h e

ap p eal

, co n t en di n g t h at b ecau s e t h ey h ad su b s eq u en t ly ad o p t ed K. H., th e ap p eal was

m o ot

. Hag gard res p o n ded

, arg u i n g t h at b ecau s e t h e ad o pt i o n o ccu rred aft er t h e fi l i n g

o f t h e no t i ce o f ap p e a l

, t h e t ri al co u rt l ack ed ju ri s d i ct i o n t o g ran t t h e ad o p t i o n Th e

ad o pt i o n reco rd i s n o t b efo re th i s Co u rt

, b u t b o t h p art ies ack n owl ed g e i n t h ei r fi l i ng s

t h at t h e ad o p t i o n o c cu rred

. See Fr oel i ch v. S ta t e , 2 1 0 Ga. Ap p

. 64 7

, 64 8

, n

. 1 (4 3 7

SE2 d 3 58 ) (1 9 9 5 ) (o ut l i n i n g s co p e of ad m i s s io n s i n ju d i ci o ). W e h av e n o in d i cat i o n

t h at t h e ad op ti o n h as b een ap p eal ed .«»

It ap p ears t h at t h e ad o pt io n i s a s ep arat e cas e fro m t h at o f t h e cu s t od y act i o n.

“ Th e g en eral ru l e o n s u p ers ed eas i n ci v i l cas es i n t h at a p ro p erl y fi l ed n o t i ce o f

ap p eal s erv es as a s u p ers ed eas , u p o n p ay m en t o f al l co st s in t h e t ri al co u rt b y t h e

ap p el l an t

. Th is au t o m at i c s u p ers ede a s de p r ive s the tr ia l co u rt o f ju ri s d i ct i o n to m o d i fy

o r al t er t h e j u d

g m e n t i n t h e ca s e p en d in g t h e a p p ea l .” (Ci t at i o n s, p u nct u at i o n , an d

fo o t n o t e o m it t ed ; em

p h as is s u p p l i ed .) Tu r n er v. H a r p er , 2 3 3 Ga. 4 8 3

, 48 3 (2 1 1 SE2 d

7 4 2 ) (1 9 7 5 ), s u p ers ed ed b y st at u t e o n o t h er g ro u n d s, as reco g n i zed b y La wr en ce v.

W h i tt l e , 1 4 6 Ga. Ap p

. 6 8 6

, 6 8 6 (1 ) (2 4 7 SE2 d 2 1 2 ) (1 9 7 8 ). Acco rd A vr en v. Ga r t en , 2 8 9 Ga. 1 8 6

, 1 9 0 (6 ) (7 1 0 SE2 d 1 3 0 ) (2 01 1 ) ( t h e s u p ers ed eas t h at s t em s fro m t h e

fi li n g o f th e n o t ice o f ap p eal s u p ers ed es o n l y t h e ju d g m en t ap p eal ed a n d “ d ep ri v es

t h e t ri al co u rt o f ju ri s d ict i o n t o tak e act i on i n t h e ca s e t h at wo u l d affect t h e ju d g m en t September 11, 2018o n ap p eal ”) (ci t at i o n o m i tt ed ; em p h as i s s u p p l i ed ).

Th e ad o p t i o n an d t h e cu st o d y m o d i fi cat i on are s ep arat e ju d g m en ts en t ered in

s ep arat e cas e s , a n d t h e tri al co urt t h u s d id n o t l ack ju ri s d i ct i on t o en t er an o rd er o n

t h e ad o pt i o n

. Th e ad o p t i o n of th e ch i l d at i s s u e m o o t s t he qu es t io n s p res en t ed i n t h e

ap p eal o f t h e cu s t od y act i o n

. OCGA § 5 -6 -4 8 (b ) (3 ). See B aca v. Ba ca , 2 5 6 Ga. Ap p.

5 1 4

, 51 5 (1 ) (5 6 8 SE2 d 74 6 ) (2 0 0 2 ) (m o ot nes s is a m an dat o ry g ro u n d fo r d i s m i s s al ).

Th e In gram s ’ m ot io n t o d i s m i s s i s t h erefo re G RANTED. Th i s ap p eal i s D ISM 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 is 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

. 09/11/2018