# 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 :

A1 6 D0 38 4 . J OHN GALCZ YNSKI v

. LAURA MACDONALD et a l

. A1 6 D0 39 7 . I N THE I NTEREST OF: L. G. AND H. G., CHI LDREN.

On M arch 1 8

, 20 1 6

, t h e t ri al co urt en t ered a Fi n al Dep en den cy Ord er, fi n d i n g

H. G. an d L. G. d ep en d en t an d award i ng t em p orary cu s to d y t o Lau ra M cDo n al d

, t h e

ch i l d ren ’ s m at ern al g ran d m o t her. J o h n Gal czy n s k i

, t h e fat h er, fi l ed a m o t i o n fo r

reco n s i d erat i on , wh i ch t h e t ri al co u rt d en i ed

. Th e fat h er s u b s eq u en t l y fi l ed an

ap p li cat io n fo r d i s cret i o n ary ap p eal

, d o c k e t e d as Cas e N o

. A 1 6 D0 3 8 4

, o n M ay 1 8,

2 0 1 6

. Bo t h J o h n Gal czy n s k i an d Am y Barn es , t h e m o t her, fi l ed a jo i n t ap pl i cat i o n fo r

d i s cret i o n ary ap p eal fro m t h e s am e o rd er, d o ck et ed as Cas e No

. A1 6 D0 3 9 7

, o n M ay

2 3 , 2 0 1 6 . W e l ack ju ri s d ict i o n

. Dep en d en cy ru l i n g s are gen eral l y d i rectly a ppe a la ble

. 1 O r dina

r ily

, w he n a pa

rt y

ap p li es fo r d i s cret i o n a ry rev i ew o f a d irect l y ap p eal ab l e o rd er, w e gran t t h e

ap p li cat io n u n der OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (j). To fal l wi th i n t h i s g en eral ru le, h o w ev er, t h e

ap p li cat io n m

u s t be fi l ed wi t h i n 3 0 d a ys o f en t ry o f t he o rd er o r ju dg m en t t o b e

ap p eal ed

. See OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (d ); Hi ll v S t a t e , 2 0 4 Ga. Ap p

. 5 82

, 58 3 (4 2 0 SE2 d

1 See I n t h e In t er es t o

f J. P.

, 2 6 7 Ga. 4 9 2, 4 9 2 -4 9 3 (4 8 0 SE2 d 8 ) (1 9 9 7 ) (d ep ri v at i o n / d ep en d en cy cas es d o n o t fal l wi t h i n th e p u rv iew o f OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (a) (2 ) an d t h erefo re are d i rect l y ap p eal ab l e). Th is i s es p eci al l y t ru e wh ere, as h ere, t h e d ep en d en cy o rd er i n cl u d es a ch i l d cu s to d y ru l i n g

. See In t h e In t er es t of S

. J.

, 2 7 0 Ga. Ap p

. 59 8

, 6 0 7 (1 ) (a) (6 0 7 SE2 d 2 2 5 ) (2 00 4 ) (o rd er wi t h i n a d ep ri v at io n / d ep en d en cy

p r o c eed i n g d eci d i n g t em p o rary cu s t o d y o f t h e ch i l d i s a “ fi n al o rd er” wi t h i n t h e

m ean i n g o f OCGA § 5 -6 - 3 4 (a) (1 ), fro m wh ich a d irect ap p eal l i es ).

June 07, 20163 9 3 ) (1 9 9 2 ). Here, t h e fat h er’ s ap p l i cat io n fo r d is cret i o nary ap p eal was fi l ed 6 1 day s

aft er t h e co u rt ’ s M arch 1 8 fi n al o rd er. Al th o u g h t h e fat h er s o u g h t reco ns i d erat i o n o f

t h e co u rt 's fi nal dep en den cy o rd er, th e den i al o f a m o ti o n fo r reco n s id erat i o n i s n ot

ap p e a l a b l e i n it s o wn ri gh t

. See Bel l v. Co h r a n , 2 44 G a. A p p

. 5 1 0

, 51 1 (5 3 6 SE2 d

1 8 7 ) (2 0 0 0 ). An d t h e fi l i n g o f s u ch a m o t i o n d o es n o t ex t en d t h e t im e fo r ap p eal i n g

t h e u n d erl y i n g j u d gm en t

– here, t h e fi n a l d ep en d en cy ord er. See Ch eel ey-To wn s v.

Ra p id Gr o u p

, I n c

. , 2 1 2 Ga. A p p

. 1 8 3 (1 ) (4 4 1 SE2 d 4 5 2 ) (1 9 9 4 ). In ad d i t i o n , t h e

p aren t s ’ jo i n t ap pl i cat i on was fi l ed 6 6 d ay s aft e r t h e March 1 8 fi n al o rd er.

Acco rd in g ly

, we l ack ju ri sd i ct i o n t o co ns i d er t h es e u nt i m el y ap p l i cat i o ns , wh i ch are

h ereb y DISM ISSED.

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 f y 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 t n e s s m y s ig n a t u r e a n d t h 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

. 06/07/2016