Court Opinion

ID: 9604643
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 02:24:48.304787+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:02:23.355954
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On Motion for Rehearing.
We held above that “ ... the denial of a § 6-701.1 application to appeal a nonfinal order is . . . not res judicata in the appellate court when later reviewing a final order in the same case.” On motion for rehearing it is urged that the decision in Harris v. Harris, 245 Ga. 75 (263 SE2d 113) (1980), requires the conclusion that the denial of a § 6-701.1 application to appeal a nonfinal order is a binding determination of the merits of the appeal and is thus res judicata.
Harris v. Harris, supra, is not applicable here because it involved the denial of a § 6-701.1 application to appeal a final order holding the appellant in contempt of court for failure to pay *732permanent alimony. That contempt order was final in that the cause was no longer pending in the trial court (see Code Ann. § 6-701 (a) (1)) and, absent a proper appeal, the appellant was subject to being incarcerated pursuant to the order finding him in contempt.

Motion denied.

All the Justices concur.