Opinion
A24A0058
08-22-2023
RODERICK GREER TALLEY v. GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, EX. REL., JACOURI KEEVON ALLEN.
The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:
Roderick Greer Talley filed this direct appeal from the trial court's orders denying and dismissing his requests to have a child support award set aside. OCGA § 5-6-35 (a) (2) provides that appeals in "domestic relations cases" must be brought by application for discretionary appeal. Because this case involves the collection of child support, it is a domestic relations case within the meaning of the statute. See Booker v. Ga. Dept. of Human Resources, 317 Ga.App. 426, 426-427 (731 S.E.2d 110) (2012); Fitzgerald v. Dept. of Human Resources, 231 Ga.App. 129, 129 (497 S.E.2d 659) (1998). "Compliance with the discretionary appeals procedure is jurisdictional." Smoak v. Dept. of Human Resources, 221 Ga.App. 257, 257 (471 S.E.2d 60) (1996). Thus, Talley's failure to comply with the discretionary appeals procedure deprives us of jurisdiction over this direct appeal, which is hereby DISMISSED.