Court Opinion

ID: 9897108
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-11-14 19:07:14.629752+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:16:44.275823
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Court of Appeals
of the State of Georgia

                                       ATLANTA,____________________
                                                November 14, 2023

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A24D0116. KOSAY ALSAHLANI v. ZAYNAB SAYHOUD.

      Kosay Alsahlani and Zaynab Sayhoud divorced in 2021. In July 2022, the trial

court issued an order finding Alsahlani in contempt of the divorce decree and

requiring him to take certain actions to purge himself of the contempt. On May 9,

2023, the trial court issued an order again finding Alsahlani in contempt. Alsahlani

filed a direct appeal from the May 9 order, but we dismissed that appeal for failure

to follow the discretionary review procedures. See OCGA § 5-6-35 (a) (2), (b);

Alsahlani v. Sayhoud, Case No. A24A0263 (Sept. 21, 2023). On October 17, 2023,

Alsahlani filed the instant application for discretionary review, again seeking to

appeal the May 9 order. We again lack jurisdiction.

      An application for discretionary review 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 Court cannot accept an

application for appeal not made in compliance therewith. Boyle v. State, 190 Ga. App.

734, 734 (380 SE2d 57) (1989). Alsahlani filed this application more than five

months after entry of the order he seeks to appeal. Consequently, we lack jurisdiction

over this untimely application, which is hereby DISMISSED.
Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia
       Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________
                                 11/14/2023
       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.