Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-01-24 19:02:53.577082+00
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Court of Appeals
of the State of Georgia

                                       ATLANTA,____________________
                                                January 24, 2024

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A24A0848. MARYANN J. JOHNSON v. DESMOND D. JOHNSON.

      Maryanne J. Johnson filed this direct appeal from the trial court’s final
judgment and decree of divorce. 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). Thus, the appellant’s failure to follow
the discretionary appeal procedure deprives us of jurisdiction over this appeal, which
is hereby DISMISSED.

                                       Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia
                                         Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________
                                                                     01/24/2024
                                                  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.