Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-04-22 18:02:56.680536+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:19:50.073170
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Court of Appeals
of the State of Georgia

                                         ATLANTA,____________________
                                                  April 22, 2024

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A24D0310. WILLIAM HENRY SAVIOR v. SHIQUITA MARCELLA SAVIOR
    et al.

      On February 19, 2024, the trial court entered an order adjudicating and
dismissing with prejudice William Henry Savior’s petition to dismiss his paternity to
Shiquita Marcella Savior. William Henry Savior filed this application for discretionary
appeal on April 7, 2024. We lack jurisdiction because the application is untimely.
      An application for discretionary appeal must be filed within 30 days of entry of
the judgment or trial court order sought to be appealed. OCGA § 5-6-35 (d). “The
requirements of OCGA § 5-6-35 are jurisdictional and this [C]ourt cannot accept an
appeal not made in compliance therewith.” Boyle v. State, 190 Ga. App. 734, 734 (380
SE2d 57) (1989). See also Gable v. State, 290 Ga. 81, 82 (2) (a) (720 SE2d 170) (2011)
(noting that this Court “has held that the failure to meet the statutory deadline for
filing a discretionary appeal is a jurisdictional defect”). As this application was filed
48 days after entry of the order, it is untimely and is hereby DISMISSED.

                                         Court of A ppea ls of the State of G eorgia
                                           Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________
                                                                    04/22/2024
                                                    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.