Nicole Borden v. Carl Houghland

Opinion

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia

ATLANTA,____________________ June 22, 2026

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A26D0551. NICOLE BORDEN v. CARL HOUGHLAND.

Nicole Borden applies for discretionary review of a trial court’s dismissal of her petition for a temporary protective order based on stalking under OCGA § 16-5-94. This court has “consistently treated stalking protective orders as directly appealable.” Bruno v. Light, 344 Ga. App. 799, 800 n.2 (811 SE2d 500) (2018). This case does not arise from a domestic relations matter that would otherwise subject it to the discretionary appeal procedures of OCGA § 5-6-35(a)(2).

This Court will grant a timely discretionary application if the lower court’s order is directly appealable. OCGA § 5-6-35(j). Accordingly, this application is hereby GRANTED. Borden shall have ten days from the date of this order to file a notice of appeal with the trial court if she has not already done so. OCGA § 5-6-35(g). The clerk of the superior 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 Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________ 06/22/2026

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.