IN RE K.R.

No. S08G1611.

674 S.E.2d 288 (2009)

In the Interest of K.R. et al., children.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

March 9, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones & Duff, Lori B. Duff, for appellant.

Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Elizabeth M. Williamson, Assistant Attorney General, Melanie R. Metcalf, for appellee.


HINES, Justice.

We granted certiorari to the Court of Appeals to determine whether it erred in interpreting the applicability of the legislative enactment that amended OCGA § 5-6-35 so as to require a discretionary application to appeal from orders terminating parental rights. See Act 264, H.B. No. 369, Ga. Laws 2007, p. 556, § 3;OCGA § 5-6-35(a)(12). For the reasons that follow, we conclude that the Court of Appeals erred in its application of OCGA...

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