# 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 :

A2 1 D0 16 4 , A2 1 D0 1 6 5

. I N THE I NTEREST OF J . M., A CHI LD (FATHER).

In t h es e rel at ed ap pl i cat io n s fo r d i s cret i on ary ap p eal

, th e fat h er of m i n o r ch i ld

J

. M. s eek s ap p el l at e rev i ew o f t wo t ri al co urt o rd ers t h at were en t ered on Oct o b er 2 9,

2 0 2 0

. Th e t ri al co u rt gr a n t ed th e fat h er’ s req u es t fo r an ex ten s i o n o f t i m e t o s eek

ap p el l at e rev i ew o f i t s o rd ers , an d h e fi l ed t h es e ap p l i cat i on s o n Decem b er 2 1

, 2 0 2 0.

W e l ack ju ri sd ict i o n b ecau s e t h e ap p l i cat io n s are u n t im el y

. An ap p l icat i o n fo r di s cret i o n ary ap p e a l m u s t b e fi l ed wi t h i n 3 0 d ay s o f t h e

en t ry o f t h e o rd er o r j u d gm en t t o b e ap p eal ed

. See OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (d ). Th e

req u i rem en t s o f OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 are ju ri s d i ct i o nal

, an d th i s Co urt can n o t accep t an

ap p li cat io n fo r ap p eal n o t m ad e i n co m p l i an ce t h erewi t h

. See Bo yl e v. S ta t e , 1 9 0 Ga.
Ap p

. 73 4

, 7 3 4 (3 80 SE2 d 5 7 ) (1 9 8 9 ). Becau s e ap p l i cat io n s fo r d i s cret i o n ary rev i ew

are fi led i n t h e ap pel l at e co u rt

, i t i s t h e ap p el lat e c o u r t

– n o t t h e t ri al co u rt

– t h at i s

au t h o ri zed t o g ran t an ex ten s i o n o f t im e t o fi l e a d is cret i o nary ap p l i cat i on

. Ga b l e v.

S t a t e , 2 9 0 Ga. 8 1, 8 5 (2 ) (a) (7 20 SE2 d 1 7 0 ) (2 0 1 1).

Here, al t h o u g h t he t ri al co u rt p u rp o rt ed to gran t th e fat h er an ex t en s i o n o f t i m e January 20, 2021t o fi l e h is ap p l i cat i o n s fo r d i s cret i o n ary ap p eal , i t was n ot au t ho ri zed t o d o s o

. 1 See

i d

. As n o v al i d ex ten s i on was gran t ed

, t h e fat h er’ s ap p l i cat i on s are u n ti m el y

. Fi l i n g

d ead li n es are ju ri s d ict i o n al

, an d t h i s Co u rt i s u n ab l e to accep t an u n t i m el y

ap p li cat io n

. See Cr o s s o n v. C o n w a y , 2 9 1 Ga. 2 2 0, 2 2 0 (1 ) (7 28 SE2 d 6 1 7 ) (2 0 1 2 ).

Acco rd in g ly , t h es e ap p l i cat i o n s 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 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

.

, C l e r k

.

1 Th e Su prem e Co u rt h as r e co g n i zed t h at

, t o av o id fed eral d ue p ro ces s

v i o l at i o n s i n a p aren t al ri g h ts t erm i n at io n cas e, a t ri al co u rt m ay g ran t a p aren t

p erm i s s i o n t o p u rs u e an ou t-o f-t i m e ap p l i c a t i o n fo r d is cret i o nary rev i ew i f t h e
p aren t ’ s ap p el lat e du e pro ces s ri g h t s w e r e f r u s t rat ed b y i n effect i v e as s i s t an ce o f

co u ns el

. See In t he In ter es t o f B. R. F.

, 2 9 9 Ga. 2 9 4, 2 9 6 -2 9 8 (7 88 SE2 d 4 1 6 ) (2 0 1 6 ).

Bu t h ere, t h e ju v en il e co u rt ’ s o rd ers g ran t in g t he ex t en s i on d o n o t ad d res s w h e t h er

co u ns el pro v i d ed i n effect i v e as s i s t an ce. W i t h ou t s u ch a fi nd i n g by t h e j u v en i l e co u rt

, t h i s Co u rt can n o t co n s i d er t h e fat h er’ s u n t im el y ap p l i cat i on s

. See i d . at 2 9 8-3 0 0

.

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