Opinion
A24A0122
09-06-2023
RICHARD GRANT, JR. v. CHEYANNE WILLARD.
The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:
Richard Grant, Jr. filed this direct appeal from the trial court's final judgment and decree of divorce. However, appeals from "judgments or orders in divorce, alimony, and other domestic relations cases" must be made by application for discretionary appeal. OCGA § 5-6-35 (a) (2). And while the divorce decree here determined, among other things, child custody, such determination does not transform this case into a "child custody case" subject to direct appeal under OCGA § 5-6-34 (a) (11). See Todd v. Todd, 287 Ga. 250, 251-252 (1) (703 S.E.2d 597) (2010). Grant's failure to follow the discretionary appeal procedure deprives us of jurisdiction over this appeal, which is hereby DISMISSED. See Ford v. Ford, 347 Ga.App. 233, 234 (818 S.E.2d 690) (2018).