# 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,_

_ _ __ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ _

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 7 A0 92 5 . BRI AN C. LAVERENZ v . CELI A A. LAVERENZ

.

Bri an C. L av eren z an d Cel i a A. Lav eren z were d i v o r c ed i n 2 00 6

. Cel i a A.

Lav eren z fi l ed a “ Seco n d Am en d ed M ot i o n fo r Co n t em p t ,” s eek i n g rei m

b u rs em en t

f o r u n p ai d ex p en s es i n cu rred fo r t h e b en efi t o f t he ch i l d ren

. T he t ri al co u rt g ran t ed

t h e m o ti o n o n Feb ru ary 8

, 2 0 1 6

. Bri an Lav eren z t h erea f t e r f i l e d a m o ti o n fo r n ew

t ri al

, w h i ch t he tri al co u rt d en i ed

. He t h en fi led a n o t i ce o f a p p e a l t o t h i s Co u rt o n Sep tem b er 2 8 , 2 0 1 6.

Th e Geo rg i a S u p r e m e Co u rt h as ap p el lat e ju ri s d i ct i on o v er al l di v o rce an d

al i m o n y cas es , i n cl u d i n g t h o s e cas es an ci l lary t o t h e d i v o rce p ro ceed i ng s i n wh i ch a

n o t i ce o f ap p eal i s fi l ed b efo re J an u ary 1, 2 0 1 7

. See Ga. Co n st

. o f 1 9 8 3

, Art

. VI, Sec.

VI, Par. III (6 ); Ga. L. 2 0 1 6, p p

. 8 8 5-8 8 6

, 8 9 2

, § § 3-1 & 6 -1 (c); M o r r i s v. S u r g es , 2 8 4 Ga. 74 8

, 7 50 (2 ) (6 70 SE2 d 8 4) (2 0 0 8); s ee al s o To d d v. T o d d

, 2 87 G a. 2 5 0,

2 5 1 -2 5 2 (1 ) (7 0 3 SE 2 d 5 9 7 ) (2 0 1 0 ). In Geo rg i a, wh en th e o bl i g at i o n t o p ay ch i ld

s u p p ort ari ses fro m a p ri o r d i v o r c e p r o ceed i n g, ch i ld s u pp o rt i s a fo rm o f al i m o n y

. See Sp u r l o ck v. Dep t

. o

f Hu ma n Res o u r ces , 2 8 6 G a. 5 1 2, 5 1 3-5 1 4 (1 ) (6 9 0 SE2 d 3 7 8 )
( 2 0 1 0 ); Jo n es v. Jo n es , 2 8 0 Ga. 7 1 2

, 7 1 5-7 1 6 (2 ) (6 32 SE2 d 1 2 1) (2 0 0 6 ). Becau s e

Lav eren z’ s ap peal of th e o rd e r a d d r e s s i n g ch i l d su p p o rt fal l s w i th i n t h e Su p rem e

Co u rt ’ s j u ri s d ict io n , t h i s ap p eal i s h ereb y TRANSFERRED t o t h e Su p rem e Co u rt fo r

res o l ut i o n. W e n o t e t h at o n Decem b er 2 0

, 2 0 16

, we t ran s ferred a rel at ed cas e t o t h e

Geo rg i a Su p rem e Co u rt

, in wh i ch Bri an L av eren z seek s rev i ew o f a t ri al co u rt o rd er January 17, 2017d en y i n g h i s m o t i o n t o m o d i fy h i s ch i l d s u p po rt o b l i g at io n s

. See La ver n ez v.

La ver n ez , Cas e No

. A1 7A0 8 14 (t ran s ferred Decem b er 2 0 , 2 01 6 ). 1

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

.

1 Pl eas e n o t e t h at t h e n o t i ce o f ap p e a l h as t h e p art i es ’ las t n am es s p el l ed t wo d i fferen t way s , an d o ur cas es were d o ck et ed wi t h t h e l as t n am es s p el l ed d i fferen t l y

. 01/17/2017