# 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 :

I N THE I NTEREST OF: T. J . ET AL., CHI LDREN (MOTHER)

Th e ju v en i l e c o u rt t erm i n at ed t h e m o t h er’ s p aren t al ri g h t s o n Decem b er 2 2,

2 0 1 5

. Th e m ot h er t h ereaft er fi l ed a m o t i o n fo r n ew t ri al

, wh i ch th e ju v en i l e co u rt

d en ied o n N o v em

b er 2 9

, 2 01 6

. Th e m o th er fi led t h i s ap p l i ca t i o n fo r d i s cret i o n ary

rev i ew o n D ecem

b er 3 0

, 2 01 6

. Becau s e t he ap p l icat i o n was n ot ti m el y fi l ed

, we l ack
ju ri s d i ct i o n

. An ap p l i cat i o n i s ti m el y if i t i s fi l ed wi t h i n 3 0 d ay s o f en try of t h e ord er s o u g ht

t o b e ap p eal ed

. OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (d ). Fo r t hi s Co u rt t o h av e ju ri s d ict i on , an ap p l i cat i o n

fo r d i scret i o nary ap p eal m u st b e t i m el y fi l ed

. See In In t er es t o f B

. R. F.

, 2 99 Ga. 2 9 4,

2 9 6 -2 9 8 (7 8 8 SE2 d 4 16 ) (2 0 1 6); Bo y l e v. S t a te

, 1 9 0 Ga. A p p

. 73 4

, 7 3 4 (3 8 0 SE2 d

5 7 ) (1 9 8 9 ). Becau s e t h e m ot h er’ s ap p l icat io n was f i l ed 31 d ay s aft er th e ju v en i l e

co u rt d en i ed h er m ot i o n fo r n ew t ri al , we l ack ju ri s d i ct i o n

. 1

1 As an ex h i b i t t o h er ap p l i cat i o n fi led o n Decem ber 3 0, t h e m o t h er h a s fi l ed
a “ Req ues t t o Accep t Lat e Fi l i n g ,” as s ert in g t h at h er co un s el en co u nt ered t ech n i cal
d i ffi cu l t i es w h en at t em

p t i ng t o fi l e h er a p p l i cat i o n s h o rt l y b efo re m i d n i g h t o n Decem b er 2 9

. Ev en i f we were t o co n st ru e t h e m o t h er’ s “ Req u es t t o Accep t Lat e Fi l i n g,” as a m o t i o n fo r ex t en s io n o f t i m e t o fi l e h er ap p l i cat i o n , “ [n ] o ex t en s i o n s o f

t i m e s h al l b e g ran t ed i n fi l i n g a d i s cret i o n ary ap p l i cat i o n u n l e s s t h e m o t i o n fo r

ex t en s i o n i s fi l ed o n o r b efo re t h e d u e d at e o f t he d i s cret i o n a r y a p p l i cat i o n .” Co u rt

o f Ap peal s Ru le 3 1 (g ). January 27, 2017Th u s , t h i s ap p l i cat i o n fo r d i scret i o nary ap p eal i s h ereb y DISM ISSED. 2

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

.

2 Ev en i f t h e m o t h er h ad fi l ed h er a p p l i c at i o n wi t h in 3 0 d ay s o f t he d en i al o f
h er m ot i o n fo r a new tri al

, s he h as fai l ed t o s u b m i t a co p y o f t h at m o t i on , i n vi o l at i o n

o f O C G A § 5 -6 -3 5 (c) an d Co u rt of Ap p eal s Ru l e 3 1 (b ), wh ich p recl u d es u s fr o m

as cert ai n i n g wh et h er i t was t i m el y fi l ed s o as t o h av e t o l l ed t h e d ead l in e fo r fi l i n g a d i s cret i o n ary ap p li cat i o n u n t i l Decem b er 2 9

. See OCGA § § 5 -5 -4 0 (a); 5 -6 -3 5 (d );

W r ig h t v. Rh o des

, 1 9 8 Ga. Ap p

. 2 6 9

, 2 6 9 (4 0 1 SE2 d 3 5 ) (1 99 0 ). Ho wev er, we d i rect

t h e m o t h er t o t ak e n o t e o f o u r i n s t ru ct i o n i n In r e B. R. F.

, 3 3 8 G a. Ap p

. 7 6 2

, 7 6 2 -6 3 (7 9 1 SE2 d 8 5 9 ) (2 01 6) reg ard in g t h e p o s s i bi l i t y of req ues t i n g t o fi l e an o u t -o f-t i m e
ap p li cat io n in ju v en i l e co u rt

, t o t h e ex t en t s u ch rel i ef m ay b e warran t ed u n d er t h e
p art i cu l ar ci rcu m s t an ces o f h er cas e. 01/27/2017