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A p p ea ls

o f t h e S t a te o f

G eo rg ia

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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 D0 22 9 . I N THE I N TEREST OF W . P., A CHI LD (MOTHER).

In J an u ary 2 01 9

, t h e j uv en i l e co u rt en t ered an o rd er t erm i n at i n g t h e m o t h er’ s

p aren t al ri g h ts t o h er m in o r ch il d

, W

. P. Th e m o t h er, t hro u g h h e r a t t o r n ey , fi l ed a

m o ti o n fo r new t ri a l

, a s s ert i n g , am o n g o t h er t h i n g s , t h at s h e was pro v i d ed wi th

i n effect i v e as s is t an ce o f co u n sel at t h e t erm i n at i o n h eari n g

. On Au gu s t 2 0

, 2 0 1 9

, t h e

t ri al co u rt d en i ed t he m o t h er’ s m o t i o n fo r n ew tri a l

. T h e m o t h er t h en fi l ed t h i s

ap p li cat io n fo r d i s c r e t i o n ary ap p eal o n Decem ber 1 7

, 2 0 1 9

. W e, ho wev er, l ack
ju ri s d i ct i o n

. To b e t i m el y , a di scret i o nary ap p l i cat i o n m u s t b e fi l ed wi t h i n 3 0 d ay s o f en t ry

o f th e o rd er t o b e ap p eal ed

. OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (d ); Hi l l v. S t a t e , 20 4 Ga. Ap p

. 5 8 2

, 5 8 3
(4 2 0 SE2 d 3 9 3 ) (1 9 9 2 ). T h i s s t a t u t o ry d ead l i n e i s ju ri s d i ct i o n al

, an d we can n ot

accep t an ap pl icat i o n f

o r ap p eal n o t m ad e i n co m pl i an ce wi t h OCGA § 5 -6 -3 4 (d ).

Bo yl e v. S t a t e , 1 9 0 G a. Ap p

. 7 3 4

, 7 3 4 (3 8 0 SE2 d 5 7 ) (1 98 9 ). Here, t h e m o t h er fi l ed

h er ap p l i cat i o n 11 9 d ay s aft er en t ry of t h e t erm i n at i o n o rd er. In h er ap p l i cat i o n , t h e

m o th er ack n o wl ed g es t hat her ap p l i cat io n was n ot fi l ed wi t h i n 3 0 d ay s o f t h e o rd er

d en y i n g th e m ot i o n fo r n ew t ri al

, b ut co n t en d s t h at th e ju v en i l e co u rt d i d n o t ap p o i nt

co u ns el t o rep res en t h er o n ap p eal u n t i l No v em ber 13

, 2 0 1 9

. Ho w ev er, th i s d o es n ot

ex cu se th e m o t her’ s fai l u re t o fo l l o w t he s tat u t o ry d ead l i n es , w h i ch are ju ri s d i ct i o n al

. Th e m o t h er’ s ap p l icat i o n i s u n t im el y , an d it i s h ereb y DISM ISSED fo r l ack o f
ju ri s d i ct i o n

. Th e m o t h er i s i n fo rm ed t h at a ju ven i l e co u rt m ay g ran t an o u t -o f

- t i m e

ap p li cat io n i f t he p aren t ’ s ap p el l at e d u e p ro ces s ri g h t s w ere fru st rat ed b y i n effect i v e

as s i s t a n c e o f co u ns el

. See In th e In t er es t o f B. R

. F.

, 2 9 9 Ga. 2 9 4

, 29 8 (7 8 8 SE2 d January 15, 20204 1 6 ) (2 0 16 ). Th i s d et erm i n at i o n m u s t b e m ad e b y th e ju ven i l e co u rt i n t h e fi rs t

i n s t an ce. Id

.

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f G e o r g ia

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,

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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

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, C l e r k

. 01/15/2020