Court Opinion

ID: 9961413
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Date Created: 2024-04-18 17:03:48.598998+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:20:43.095439
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Court of Appeals
of the State of Georgia

                                       ATLANTA,____________________
                                                April 18, 2024

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A24E0062. IN RE: THE ADOPTION OF A. B., A CHILD.

      Lola and A. J. Pierce (“Applicants”) seek an emergency stay of a trial court
order filed April 8, 2024, which entered an adoption in favor of Ronald and Patricia
Bailey of the minor child, A. B. Although we acknowledge the seriousness of the entry
of an adoption order, and the urgency of Applicants’ appeal, our Court shall enter
emergency orders only “as may be necessary to preserve jurisdiction of an appeal or
to prevent the contested issue from becoming moot.” Court of Appeals Rule 40 (b).
Seeing no obstacles to jurisdiction, and no issue of mootness, Applicants’ motion for
emergency stay is hereby DENIED.

                                       Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia
                                         Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________
                                                                     04/18/2024
                                                  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.