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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 9 A2 05 9

. T O R R ENCE STEVEN J A CKSON v

. VI OLA SHANDTRALA

J ACKSON.

In t h i s d i v o rce cas e, To rren ce St ev en Jack s o n fi l ed a d i rect ap p eal fro m t h e t ri al

co u rt ’ s o rd er di s m i s s i n g h i s co m p l ai n t fo r d i v o rce. Th e t r i a l co urt fo u n d t h at

ju ri s d i ct i o n was p ro p er i n Fl ori d a, t h e h o m e s tat e o f t h e p art i es ’ m i n o r ch il d ren

.

Gen eral ly

, ap p eal s fro m o rd ers en t ered i n d om es t i c rel at i o n s m u s t b e ap p eal ed

b y ap p l i c at i o n fo r di s cret io n ary rev i ew. See OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (a) (2 ). Ho w ev er, a

d i rect ap p eal i s pro per u nd er OCGA § 5 -6 -3 4 (a) (1 1) fro m al l ju d g m en t s o r o rd ers

“ i n ch i l d cu s t o d y cas es ” t h at award

, refu s e t o ch an g e, o r m o d i f y c h i l d cu s t o d y o r

v i s i t at i o n

, o r o rd ers t hat h o l d o r d ecl i n e t o h o l d p ers o ns i n co n tem p t of ch i l d cu s t o dy

o rd ers

. Bu t OCGA § 5 -6 -3 4 (a) (1 1 ) al l o w s a “ d i rect ap p eal fro m th e t y p es o f o rd ers

s p eci fi ed i n t h at s t at u t e t h at are en tered in ‘ cu s t o d y cas es ’ [an d ] n o t fro m o rd ers

rel at i n g t o ch i l d cu s t o d y i ss u es t h at are en t ered i n ‘ d i v o rce cas es .’ ” Vo yl es v. Vo yl es

,

3 0 1 Ga. 44

, 4 5 -4 6 (7 99 SE2 d 1 6 0 ) (2 0 1 7 ); s ee al s o H o o ver v. H

o o ver

, 2 9 5 Ga. 1 3 2,

1 3 4 (1 ) (7 5 7 SE2 d 8 3 8 ) (2 0 1 4 ) (h o l d i n g t h at wh en ch i l d cu s t o d y is s u es are an ci ll ary

t o a d i v o rce act i o n

, t h e d et erm i n at i o n of ch i l d c u s to d y d o es no t t ran s fo rm t h e cas e

i n t o a “ ch i l d cu st o dy cas e”); To d d v. To d d

, 2 8 7 G a. 25 0

, 2 5 1 (1 ) (7 0 3 SE2 d 5 9 7 )

(2 0 1 0) (“ Al l o th er i s s u es i n a d i v orce act i on

, i n cl u di n g ch i l d cu s t o d y

, are m erel y

an ci l lary t o [t he] p ri m ary i s s u e [o f wh et h er t h e m arri ag e s h o u ld be di s s o lv ed ] .”); Fo r d

v. Fo r d

, 3 4 7 Ga. Ap p . 2 3 3

, 2 3 4 (8 1 8 SE2 d 6 9 0 ) (2 01 8 ) (d i s m i s s i n g an ap p eal fro m

a d i v o rc e p ro ceed i n g in vo l v i n g ch i l d cu st o d y i s s u es b ecau s e th e ap p el l an t d i d n ot

p u rs u e d i s cret io n ary

rev i ew).

Th i s cas e i s p art o f t he di v o rce p ro ceed i n g b et w een t he p art i es an d, as s u ch

, July 22, 2019To rren ce J ack s o n was r e qu i red t o fi l e an ap pl i cat io n fo r d i s cret i o n ary ap p eal p u rs u an t

t o OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (a) (2 ). “ Co m p l i an ce wi th t h e di s cret io n ary ap p eal s p ro ced u re i s

ju ri s d i ct i o n al .” S

mo ak v. De

p t

. o f Hu ma n Res o u rces

, 2 2 1 Ga. Ap p

. 25 7

, 2 5 7 (4 7 1

SE2 d 6 0 ) (1 9 9 6 ). Hi s fai l ure t o fo l l o w t h e req u i red ap pel l at e p ro ced u re d ep ri v es u s

o f ju ri s d ict i o n o v er t hi s d i rect ap p eal , wh i ch i s h ereb y DISM ISSED.

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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

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, C l e r k

. 07/22/2019