# 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 :

A2 0 A0 23 5 . DEBORAH BEACHAM v . CHARLES W AYNE BEACHAM.

Pl ai n t i ff Deb o rah Beach am fi l ed an OCGA § 9 -1 1 -6 0 (d ) m ot i on t o s et as i d e

p ri o r o rd ers en tered i n pro ceed i n g s rel at ed t o h er 2 0 0 8 d i v o rce an d s u b s eq u en t ch i ld

cu s t o d y

, ch i l d s u p po rt

, an d co n t em p t pro ceed i n gs

. Defen d an t Ch arl es B e a c h am

m o ved t o d i s m i s s t h e § 9 -1 1 -6 0 (d ) m o ti o n

, an d t h e p l ai n t i ff m o v ed t o st ri k e t h e

d efen d an t ’ s m o t io n t o di s m i s s

. In a s i ng l e o rd er, t h e t ri al co u rt den i ed th e p l ai n t i ff’ s

m o ti o n t o s t ri k e an d d i s m i ss ed h er § 9 -1 1 -6 0 (d ) m o t io n

. Th e p l ai n t i ff th en fi l ed t h i s

d i rect ap p eal . W e l ack ju ri sd i ct i o n

.

An ap p eal fro m a t ri al co u rt o rd er in a d o m es t i c rel at io n s cas e m u s t be i n i t i at ed

b y fi li n g an ap p l i cat i on fo r d i s cret i o n ary rev i ew wh ere a ch i l d cu s t o d y ru l i n g i s n ot

at i s s u e o n ap p eal

. Co m

p are O CGA § 5 -6 -3 4 (a) (1 1 ), wi t h i d

. § 5 -6 -3 5 (a) (2 ), (b );

a c c o rd Vo yl es v. Vo yl es

, 3 0 1 Ga. 4 4

, 4 7 (7 9 9 SE2 d 16 0 ) (2 0 1 7 ). An ap peal fro m a

t ri al co u rt ord er d en y i n g rel i ef so u g h t i n a § 9 -1 1 -6 0 (d ) m o t i o n to s et as id e l i k ewi s e

m u st b e i ni t i at ed v i a an ap p l i cat i o n fo r d i scret i o n ary rev i ew. See OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (a)

(8 ), (b ); Ji m El l i s At l a n t a

, In c. v. Ad a ms o n , 2 8 3 Ga. Ap p . 1 1 6 , 1 1 6 (6 40 SE2 d 6 8 8 )

(2 0 0 6). “ Co m

p l i a n ce wi t h t h e d i s cret i o n ary ap p eal s pro ced u re is ju ri s d i ct i o n al .”

S mo a k v. Dep t

. o

f Hu ma n Res o u r ces

, 2 2 1 Ga. Ap p

. 2 5 7

, 2 57 (4 7 1 SE2 d 6 0 ) (1 9 9 6 ).

Here, t h e ru l i n g s ou g h t to b e a p peal ed d en i ed rel i ef u n d er § 9 -1 1 -6 0 (d ) i n a

d o m es t ic rel at i o n s cas e an d m ad e n o det erm in at i o n as t o ch i l d cu s t o d y. A

d i s cret i o n ary ap p l i cat i o n t h erefo re was req u i red t o i n i t i at e t h i s ap peal

. Th e p l ai n t i ff’ s

fai l u re t o fo ll o w th e p ro p er p ro ced u re dep ri v e s u s o f ju ri s di ct i o n o ver t h i s d i rect September 11, 2019ap p eal

, wh i ch i s h ereb y DISM ISSED. See V o yl es

, 3 0 1 G a. at 4 7 ; Ji m El l is At l a n t a,

In c. , 2 8 3 Ga. Ap p . at 1 1 6 -1 1 7

.

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

. 09/11/2019