Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-04-17 15:06:08.285754+00
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Court of Appeals
of the State of Georgia

                                       ATLANTA,____________________
                                                April 17, 2024

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A24A1297. MARYANN J. JOHNSON v. DESMOND D. JOHNSON.

      Maryanne J. Johnson filed this direct appeal from the trial court’s order
amending its final judgment and decree of divorce to correct a scrivener’s error.
However, appeals from “judgments or orders in divorce, alimony, and other domestic
relations cases” must be made by application for discretionary appeal. OCGA § 5-6-35
(a) (2). And “[c]ompliance with the discretionary appeals procedure is
jurisdictional.” Smoak v. Dept. of Human Resources, 221 Ga. App. 257, 257 (471 SE2d
60) (1996). Johnson’s failure to follow the discretionary appeal procedure deprives us
of jurisdiction over this appeal, which is hereby DISMISSED.1

                                       Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia
                                         Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________
                                                                     04/17/2024
                                                  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.

      1
      Johnson previously filed a direct appeal from the trial court’s original divorce
judgment. We dismissed that appeal for the same reason that we dismiss this one. See
Case No. A24A0848 (Jan. 24, 2024).