Court Opinion

ID: 9958487
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2024-04-09 15:03:17.043646+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:18:27.208695
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Court of Appeals
of the State of Georgia

                                         ATLANTA,____________________
                                                  April 09, 2024

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A24A1101. IN THE INTEREST OF Z. H., et al., CHILDREN (MOTHER).

      In this direct appeal, the mother of minor children Z. H. and D. H. challenges
the juvenile court’s order terminating her parental rights. To obtain appellate review
of an order terminating parental rights, however, a party must file an application for
discretionary review. See OCGA § 5-6-35 (a) (12), (b). “Compliance with the
discretionary appeals procedure is jurisdictional.”Booker v. Ga. Dept. of Human
Resources, 317 Ga. App. 426, 427 (731 SE2d 110) (2012) (punctuation omitted). Thus,
the mother’s failure to file a discretionary application deprives us of jurisdiction over
this direct appeal, which is hereby DISMISSED.

                                         Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia
                                           Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________
                                                                       04/09/2024
                                                    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.