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o f t h e S t a te o f

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. CORDARRI EL GREEN v
. HOMETOW N COMMUNI TI E S PROPERTY MANAGEMENT.

H o meto w n Co mmu nities Pro p erty M anagement f iled a d isp o ssesso ry a c tio n against Co r d arriel G reen i n m a g istrate c o u rt. A f ter the magistrate c ou rt entered j u d gment in fav o r o f H o meto w n, Green ap p ealed to su perio r c o u rt, w hic h also ru led

in f av o r of H o meto w n. On M ay 24, 2021 , the s u p erio r c o u rt entered a “ Final Ord er,”

o rd ering the c lerk to retu rn to Green f u nd s h e h a d p aid into t he c o u r t registry and giv ing G reen ten d ays t o remo v e his mo bile ho me f ro m the premises at issu e. On J u ne 22, 2021 , Green f

iled a no t ic e o f

ap p eal to this Co u rt. W e lac k j u risd ic tio n.

“ [ A ]p p eals f

ro m d ec isio ns o f the su perio r c o u rts rev iew ing dec isio ns o f lo w er

c o u rts b y c ertio rari o r de no v o p ro c eed ings shall be by ap p lic atio n f o r d isc retio nary

ap p eal. ” Bu llo ck v

. Sa n d , 26 0 Ga. A p p

. 87 4, 87 5 (581 SE2d 333) (2003) (p u nc tu atio n

o mitted ) ; ac c o rd OCGA § 5- 6

- 35 (a) (1 ). “ Co m p lianc e w ith the d isc retio nary ap p eals

p ro c ed ure is j u risd ic tio nal. ” S mo a k v

. D ept. o f Hu ma n R e

s o u r c e s , 221 Ga. Ap p

. 257 , 257 (47 1 SE2d 6 0 ) (1 9 9 6 )

. Green’ s f ailu re t o fo llo w t he pro p er p ro c ed u re d ep riv es u s

o f j u risd ic tio n o v er this ap p eal.

Fu rthermo re, ev en if a d irec t ap p eal w ere p ro p er here, this a pp eal is u ntimely.

W hile a no t ic e o f ap p eal generally may be f iled w ithin 30 d ays o f entry o f the o rd er o n

ap p eal, see OCGA § 5- 6 -38 ( a), ap p eals in d isp o s sesso r y ac tio ns mu st be f iled w ithin

7 d a ys o f the d ate the j u d gment w as entered

. See OCGA § 44- 7 -56 (2022) 1 ; Ra di o

1 OCGA § 44- 7 -56 w as amend ed in 2022. G a. L. 2022, pp

. 7 6 7 , 7 9 7 , § 2- 35. The

p rio r v ersio n o f

the statu e ap plies here bec au se t he amend ed v ersio n ap p lies o nly to April 18, 2024S a n dy S

pri ngs v. Allen Ro a d Jo i

n t Ven tu re , 31 1 G a. A pp

. 334, 335- 336 (7 1 5 SE2d 7 52) (201 1 ) ; Ra y M. W ri ght, In c. v

. Jo n es , 239 Ga. A p p

. 521 , 522- 523 (521 SE2d 456 ) (1 9 9 9 ).

Green’ s ap p e al w as u ntimely f iled 29 day s a fter the su perio r c o u rt’ s o rd er w as entered

. F o r the a bo v e reaso ns, this ap p eal is hereby D I SM I SSED fo r lac k o f j u risd ic tio n.

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iled in su p erio r o r state c o u rt o n o r af ter J u l y 1 , 2023. Ga. L. 2022, p p

. 7 6 7 , 801 , § 3- 1

. 04/18/2024