Lindsey Jewell v. Stephen McGinnis

• Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
• Decided: September 16, 2014
• Docket: A15D0022
• Status: Published

Opinion

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia

ATLANTA,__________________ September 16, 2014

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A15D0022. LINDSEY JEWELL v. STEPHEN MCGINNIS et al.

Lindsey Jewell filed this application from the trial court’s order concerning custody of her minor child. Under OCGA § 5-6-34 (a) (11), “[a]ll judgments or orders in child custody cases awarding, refusing to change, or modifying child custody” are directly appealable. A party seeking to challenge a child custody order, therefore, may file a direct appeal. See Cohen v. Cohen, 300 Ga. App. 7, 8 (1) (684 SE2d 94) (2009); Taylor v. Curl, 298 Ga. App. 45 (679 SE2d 80) (2009). We will grant an otherwise timely discretionary application if the lower court’s order is subject to direct appeal. See OCGA § 5-6-35 (j). Accordingly, this application is hereby GRANTED. Jewell shall have ten days from the date of this order to file a notice of appeal with the trial court. If, however, she has already filed a notice of appeal, she need not file a second notice. The clerk of the trial court is DIRECTED to include a copy of this order in the record transmitted to the Court of Appeals.

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia 09/16/2014 Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,__________________ 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.