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CourtListener opinion 11191111

Citation: domestic relations order · Date unknown · US

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pending
Extracted reporter citation
domestic relations order
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pending
QDRO relevance 5/5Retirement relevance 2/5Family-law relevance 5/5gold label pending
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Category: QDRO procedure / domestic relations order issues

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domestic relations order

lication, which is hereby REINSTATED. Furthermore, it appears that the juvenile court's order is directly appealable. This case is a dependency proceeding – what used to be called "deprivation" under the old juvenile code. See OCGA § 15-11-2 (22). Although a domestic relations order or an order terminating parental rights is subject to the discretionary appeal procedures, a dependency or deprivation finding may be appealed directly. See OCGA § 5-6-35 (a) (2) & (12); In the Interest of J. P., 267 Ga. 492, 493 (480 SE2d 8) (1997) (deprivation/dependency cases do not fall within the purview of OCGA § 5-6-35 (a) (2) and therefore are direc

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US
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reporter: domestic relations order
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May 14, 2026

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Clean opinion text

Court of Appeals
of the State of Georgia

 ATLANTA,____________________
 July 26, 2017

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A17D0472. IN THE INTEREST OF D. L. et al., CHILDREN.

 The parents of minor children D. L., Z. S., and M. S. filed an application for
discretionary review, seeking to challenge the juvenile court's order finding the
children dependent, scheduling a disposition hearing, ordering that the children
remain in the parents' custody subject to a protective order, and requesting a guardian
ad litem report. We dismissed the application as untimely. However, the parents have
presented evidence in their motion for reconsideration showing that the application
was timely filed. Accordingly, we GRANT the motion for reconsideration and
VACATE our June 26, 2017 order dismissing the application, which is hereby
REINSTATED.
 Furthermore, it appears that the juvenile court's order is directly appealable.
This case is a dependency proceeding – what used to be called "deprivation" under
the old juvenile code. See OCGA § 15-11-2 (22). Although a domestic relations order
or an order terminating parental rights is subject to the discretionary appeal
procedures, a dependency or deprivation finding may be appealed directly. See
OCGA § 5-6-35 (a) (2) & (12); In the Interest of J. P., 267 Ga. 492, 493 (480 SE2d
8) (1997) (deprivation/dependency cases do not fall within the purview of OCGA §
5-6-35 (a) (2) and therefore are directly appealable); In the Interest of W. P. B., 269
Ga. App. 101 (1) (603 SE2d 454) (2004). This includes interlocutory orders in
dependency cases deciding temporary custody of children. See In the Interest of S. J.,
270 Ga. App. 598, 608 (1) (a) (607 SE2d 225) (2004) (interim order within a
dependency/deprivation proceeding that decides temporary custody of the child is a
"final order" within the meaning of OCGA § 5-6-34 (a) (1) and may be appealed
 directly). The parents, therefore, were not required to file a discretionary application
in this case.
 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, the parents'
application is hereby GRANTED. The parents shall have ten days from the date of
this order to file a notice of appeal with the juvenile court. If, however, they have
already filed a notice of appeal, they need not file a second notice. The clerk of the
juvenile 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,____________________
 07/26/2017
 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.