# 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 :

A2 0 D0 03 8 . J ENNI CE I RENE CARTER v . KENNETH ALEX SI MPSON.

Ken n et h Al ex Si m

ps o n fi l ed i n Cl ay t o n Co u n t y Su p e r i o r C o u rt a p et i t i o n to

reg i s ter an d en fo rce a ch i l d cu s t o d y d et erm i n at i o n fro m t h e Fam i l y Co u rt of t h e St at e

o f New Y o rk

. J en n i ce Iren e Cart er fi l ed an o b ject i o n t o Si m

p so n ’ s p et i t i o n

. Th e t ri al

co u rt

, pu rs u an t t o OCGA § 1 9 -9 -8 3

, o rd ered Ca r t e r to co m pl y wi th t h e New Yo rk

o rd er award i n g Si m

p s o n s o l e l eg al an d p hy s i cal cu s t o d y of t h e p art i es ’ m in o r ch i l d.

Th e co u rt al s o o rd ered t h e p art i es t o ap pear fo r a h eari n g o n Cart er’ s o bject i o n

. Cart er

h as n ow fi l ed an ap p li cat i o n fo r d i s cret i on ary rev i ew o f t h e t ri al co u rt ’ s ru l i n g . Sh e

i s

, h o wev er, en t i t led t o a d i rect ap peal

.

To d et erm i n e wh et h er a p art y m ay b ri n g a d irect ap p eal , we l o o k t o t he “ i s s u e

rai s ed o n ap p eal .” See Vo yl es v. V o yl es

, 3 0 1 Ga. 4 4

, 4 6 -4 7 (7 9 9 SE2 d 1 6 0 ) (2 0 1 7 ).

Here, Cart er arg u es

, am on g o th er t h i n g s

, t h at t h e tri al co u rt erre d i n i t s ru l i n g o n

c u s t o d y

. Pu rs u an t t o O CGA § 5 -6 -3 4 (a) (1 1 ), “ [a] l l j u d gm en t s o r o rd ers i n ch i ld

cu s t o d y cas es award i ng

, refu si n g t o ch an g e, o r m o d ify i n g ch il d cu s t od y ” are d i rect l y

ap p eal ab l e. See OCGA § 1 9 -9 -4 1 (3 ) (d efi n i n g “ ch il d cu s t o d y d et erm in at i o n ” as “ a

ju d g m en t

, d ecree, o r o t h er o rd er o f a co u rt p ro vi d i n g fo r t h e l eg al cu s t od y

, p h y s i cal

cu s t o d y

, o r v i s it at i o n wi t h r es p ect t o a ch i l d ”). See al so OCGA § 19 -9 -4 1 (4 )

(d efi ni n g “ ch i l d cu s t o d y p ro ceed i n g ” as “ a p ro cee d i n g i n wh i ch l eg al cu s t o d y

,

p h y s i cal cu s t o dy

, o r vi si t at i o n wi t h res p ect to a ch i l d is an i s s u e”); Ta yl o r v. Cu r l

, 2 9 8

Ga. Ap p

. 4 5

, 4 5 (6 7 9 SE2 d 8 0 ) (2 0 0 9 ) (i n t erl o cu t o ry o rd ers i n v o l v i n g ch i l d cu s t o dy

are s u b ject t o di rect ap p eal ). Becau s e t h e tri al co u rt ’ s ord er es t ab l i s h ed cu s t o d y o v er

t h e ch i l d

, an d Cart er ch al l en g es t h at ru l i n g o n ap p eal

, s he i s en ti t led to a d irect ap p eal

u n d er OCGA § 5-6 -3 4 (a) (1 1). September 06, 2019Th i s Co u rt wi ll g ran t an o t h erwi s e t i m el y d i s cret i o n ary ap pl i cat i o n if t h e l o wer

co u rt ’ s o rd er i s d i rect l y ap p eal ab l e an d t h e ap pl i can t h as no t al read y fi l ed a n o t i ce o f

ap p eal

. See OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (j). Acco rd in g l y

, th i s ap p li cat i o n i s h ereb y GRANTED.

Cart er s h al l h av e ten d ay s fro m t h e d a t e o f t h is o rd er t o fi l e a n o t i ce o f ap p eal wi th

t h e t ri al co u rt

. If s h e has al read y fi l ed a n o t i ce o f ap p eal , s h e n eed n o t fi l e a s eco n d

n o t i ce. T h e cl erk o f t h e t ri al co urt i s DIRECTED t o i n cl u d e a co p y o f th i s o rd er i n t h e

reco rd t ran s m i t t ed t o t h e Co u rt o f Ap p eal s

.

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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

. 09/06/2019