Court Opinion

ID: 9927682
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2024-01-29 19:03:54.753324+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:24:17.889067
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Court of Appeals
of the State of Georgia

                                       ATLANTA,____________________
                                                January 29, 2024

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A24A0759. IN THE INTEREST OF M. R. B., A CHILD (MOTHER).

      Stephanie Benefield filed this direct appeal of the juvenile court's order
terminating her parental rights in her biological minor child, M. R. B. This Court,
however, lacks jurisdiction because a party must file an application for discretionary
review to seek an appeal regarding the termination of parental rights. See OCGA §
5-6-35 (a) (12), (b); In the Interest of B. R. F., 299 Ga. 294, 296 (788 SE2d 416)
(2016). "Compliance with the discretionary appeals procedure is jurisdictional."
Booker v. Ga. Dept. of Human Resources, 317 Ga. App. 426, 427 (731 SE2d 110)
(2012) (punctuation omitted). Thus, Benefield's failure to file a discretionary
application deprives us of jurisdiction over this direct appeal, which is hereby
DISMISSED.

                                       Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia
                                           Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________
                                                                      01/29/2024
                                               I certify that the above is a true extract from
                                       the minutes of the Court of Appeals of Georgia.
                                              Witness my signature and the seal of said court
                                       hereto affixed the day and year last above written.

                                                                                      , Clerk.