Opinion
A21A0663
08-31-2021
VERONICA BRINSON v. ANDREW FOSTER.
The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:
On August 20, 2019, the trial court entered an order finding Veronica Brinson to be in contempt. Brinson filed both a timely motion for new trial and a notice of appeal. We lack jurisdiction to consider this appeal because the trial court has not yet ruled on the motion for new trial.
In a civil case, "[a] notice of appeal from the judgment, filed while a motion for new trial is pending, and unaccompanied by a proper certificate for immediate review, confers no jurisdiction in the appellate court and results in a dismissal of the appeal." (Punctuation omitted.) Auld v. Weaver, 196 Ga.App. 782 (397 S.E.2d 51) (1990); see also Griffin v. Loper, 209 Ga.App. 504 (433 S.E.2d 653) (1993). Because Brinson filed this appeal before the trial court entered a ruling on her motion for new trial, it is premature and is hereby DISMISSED.