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CourtListener opinion 4310463

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Extracted case name
RICHARD BUTLER v. EDITH BUTLER
Extracted reporter citation
pending
Docket / number
pending
QDRO relevance 5/5Retirement relevance 5/5Family-law relevance 5/5gold label pending
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Category: pension / defined benefit issues

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QDRO

urt of Appeals hereby passes the following order: A19A0062. RICHARD BUTLER v. EDITH BUTLER. In 2003, Richard and Edith Butler divorced. The divorce decree provided that Edith Butler was to receive 50 per cent of her husband's pension. In 2004, a stipulated qualified domestic relations order was entered dividing the pension. Richard Butler retired in 2015. Edith Butler sought entry of an amended qualified domestic relations order on the basis that she was receiving 50 per cent of one of two pensions. In 2016, the trial court entered an amended qualified domestic relations order. Richard Butler filed a motion to set aside the order under OCGA §

pension

______ August 29, 2018 The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order: A19A0062. RICHARD BUTLER v. EDITH BUTLER. In 2003, Richard and Edith Butler divorced. The divorce decree provided that Edith Butler was to receive 50 per cent of her husband's pension. In 2004, a stipulated qualified domestic relations order was entered dividing the pension. Richard Butler retired in 2015. Edith Butler sought entry of an amended qualified domestic relations order on the basis that she was receiving 50 per cent of one of two pensions. In 2016, the trial court entered an amended qualified domestic relations order. Richard

domestic relations order

eals hereby passes the following order: A19A0062. RICHARD BUTLER v. EDITH BUTLER. In 2003, Richard and Edith Butler divorced. The divorce decree provided that Edith Butler was to receive 50 per cent of her husband's pension. In 2004, a stipulated qualified domestic relations order was entered dividing the pension. Richard Butler retired in 2015. Edith Butler sought entry of an amended qualified domestic relations order on the basis that she was receiving 50 per cent of one of two pensions. In 2016, the trial court entered an amended qualified domestic relations order. Richard Butler filed a motion to set aside the order under OCGA §

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US
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pending
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May 14, 2026

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Clean opinion text

|Court of Appeals
of the State of Georgia

 ATLANTA,____________________
 August 29, 2018

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A19A0062. RICHARD BUTLER v. EDITH BUTLER.

 In 2003, Richard and Edith Butler divorced. The divorce decree provided that
Edith Butler was to receive 50 per cent of her husband's pension. In 2004, a
stipulated qualified domestic relations order was entered dividing the pension.
Richard Butler retired in 2015. Edith Butler sought entry of an amended qualified
domestic relations order on the basis that she was receiving 50 per cent of one of two
pensions. In 2016, the trial court entered an amended qualified domestic relations
order. Richard Butler filed a motion to set aside the order under OCGA § 9-11-60 (d).
The trial court denied the motion, and Richard Butler filed this appeal. We, however,
lack jurisdiction.
 An appeal from an order denying a motion to set aside a judgment under
OCGA § 9-11-60 (d) must be made by application for discretionary review. See
OCGA § 5-6-35 (a) (8); Jim Ellis Atlanta, Inc. v. Adamson, 283 Ga. App. 116 (640
SE2d 688) (2006). Appeals in domestic relations cases must also be taken by
application for discretionary appeal as required under OCGA § 5-6-35 (a) (2).
Richard Butler's failure to file a discretionary application thus deprives this Court of
 jurisdiction over this appeal, which is hereby DISMISSED. See id.; Levison v.
Levison, 247 Ga. 667, 667 (278 SE2d 409) (1981).

 Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia
 Clerk's Office, Atlanta,____________________
 08/29/2018
 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.