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CourtListener opinion 4908539
Citation: domestic relations order · Date unknown · US
- Extracted case name
- ANNA SINCLAIR-JAMISON v. DEMETRISE PINKERTON
- Extracted reporter citation
- domestic relations order
- Docket / number
- pending
Machine-draft headnote
Machine-draft public headnote: CourtListener opinion 4908539 is included in the LexyCorpus QDRO sample set as a public CourtListener opinion with relevance to QDRO procedure / domestic relations order issues. The current annotation is conservative: it identifies source provenance, relevance signals, and evidence quotes for attorney/agent retrieval. It is not a Willie-approved legal headnote yet.
Retrieval annotation
Draft retrieval summary: this opinion has QDRO relevance score 5/5, retirement-division score 2/5, and family-law score 5/5. Use the quoted text and full opinion below before relying on the case.
Category: QDRO procedure / domestic relations order issues
Evidence quotes
domestic relations order“not award, refuse to change, or modify custody; nor does it hold or decline to hold a person in contempt of such an order. It simply vacates a prior order declining to hold a person in contempt, and it schedules further proceedings. Because the interlocutory domestic relations order that Sinclair-Jamison wishes to appeal does not come within the ambit of OCGA § 5-6-34 (a) (11), she was required to file an interlocutory application to obtain appellate review at this juncture. Her failure to do so deprives us of jurisdiction over this direct appeal, which is hereby DISMISSED. See Bailey v. Bailey, 266 Ga. 832, 833 (471 SE2d 213) (1996);”
Source and provenance
- Source type
- courtlistener_qdro_opinion_full_text
- Permissions posture
- public
- Generated status
- machine draft public v0
- Review status
- gold label pending
- Jurisdiction metadata
- US
- Deterministic extraction
- reporter: domestic relations order
- Generated at
- May 14, 2026
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Clean opinion text
Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia ATLANTA,____________________ September 02, 2021 The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order: A22A0202. ANNA SINCLAIR-JAMISON v. DEMETRISE PINKERTON. Anna Sinclair-Jamison and Demetrise Pinkerton are the parents of minor child J. S.-P. In a prior action, the trial court awarded custody of J. S.-P. to Sinclair-Jamison and granted visitation to Pinkerton. Pinkerton filed this petition seeking to hold Sinclair-Jamison in contempt for willfully interfering with his visitation. The trial court entered a final order denying Pinkerton's petition, and he filed a "Motion to Set Aside, for Reconsideration, and/or Clarification" of that order. The trial court granted Pinkerton's motion without explanation, set aside its prior order, and scheduled a hearing. Sinclair-Jamison appeals, claiming that this Court has jurisdiction under OCGA § 5-6-34 (a) (11). A party seeking review of an order entered in a domestic relations case generally must file an application for discretionary appeal. See OCGA § 5-6-35 (a) (2). When the case remains pending in the trial court, the party generally must satisfy the additional requirements for an interlocutory application, including obtaining a certificate of immediate review from the trial court and complying with the time limitations of OCGA § 5-6-34 (b). Under OCGA § 5-6-34 (a) (11), however, a direct appeal is permitted from "[a]ll judgments or orders in child custody cases awarding, refusing to change, or modifying child custody or holding or declining to hold persons in contempt of such child custody judgments or orders." It is well established that visitation privileges are part of custody, see Moore v. Moore-McKinney, 297 Ga. App. 703, 705 (1) (678 SE2d 152) (2009), and that interlocutory custody orders may be appealed directly. See Lacy v. Lacy, 320 Ga. App. 739, 742 (3) (740 SE2d 695) (2013). Nevertheless, the order on appeal here does not fall within the scope of OCGA § 5-6-34 (a) (11) because it is not a custody order. It does not award, refuse to change, or modify custody; nor does it hold or decline to hold a person in contempt of such an order. It simply vacates a prior order declining to hold a person in contempt, and it schedules further proceedings. Because the interlocutory domestic relations order that Sinclair-Jamison wishes to appeal does not come within the ambit of OCGA § 5-6-34 (a) (11), she was required to file an interlocutory application to obtain appellate review at this juncture. Her failure to do so deprives us of jurisdiction over this direct appeal, which is hereby DISMISSED. See Bailey v. Bailey, 266 Ga. 832, 833 (471 SE2d 213) (1996); Scruggs v. Ga. Dept. of Human Resources, 261 Ga. 587, 589 (1) (408 SE2d 103) (1991). Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia Clerk's Office, Atlanta,____________________ 09/02/2021 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.