Court Opinion

ID: 9914946
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Date Created: 2024-01-03 19:03:22.501237+00
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Court of Appeals
of the State of Georgia

                                         ATLANTA,____________________
                                                  January 03, 2024

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A24A0756. KENROY KEVON POWELL v. GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF
    HUMAN SERVICES, EX REL. AYIESHA BURTON.

         Kenroy Powell filed this direct appeal from the superior court’s order enforcing
an out-of-state child support order. We lack jurisdiction.
         “Appeals from judgments or orders in divorce, alimony, and other domestic
relations cases” must be initiated by filing an application for discretionary review.
OCGA § 5-6-35 (a) (2), (b). Because this case involves the collection of child support,
it is a domestic relations case within the meaning of the discretionary appeal statute.
See Booker v. Ga. Dept. of Human Resources, 317 Ga. App. 426, 427 (731 SE2d 110)
(2012) (an action in which the “underlying subject matter is a father’s obligation to
provide child support” is “a domestic relations case subject to review only by
application”). “Compliance with the discretionary appeals procedure is
jurisdictional.” Smoak v. Dept. of Human Resources, 221 Ga. App. 257, 257 (471 SE2d
60) (1996). Accordingly, Powell was required to comply with the discretionary appeal
procedure to obtain review of the superior court’s order.
His failure to do so deprives us of jurisdiction over this direct appeal, which is hereby
DISMISSED. See Booker, 317 Ga. App. at 427.

                                         Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia
                                              Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,________________
                                                                           01/03/2024

                                              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.