Jesse James Larson v. Shaina Ann Larson

Court of Appeals
of the State of Georgia

ATLANTA,____________________
April 01, 2026

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A26A0626. LARSON v. LARSON.

Jesse James Larson filed this direct appeal from the trial court’s final divorce
decree. However, appeals from orders in divorce cases must be initiated by filing an
application for discretionary review. See OCGA § 5-6-35(a)(2),(b); Onyemobi v.
Onyemobi, 375 Ga. App. 538, 538–39 (916 SE2d 738) (2025); Hoover v. Hoover, 295 Ga.
132, 134(1) (757 SE2d 838) (2014) (“Where, as here, child custody issues are ancillary
to a divorce action, the determination of child custody does not transform the case
into a ‘child custody case,’ as that phrase is used in OCGA § 5-6-34(a)(11), for
purposes of determining the appropriate method for appealing a child custody
order.”). “Compliance with the discretionary appeals procedure is jurisdictional.”
Hair Restoration Specialists v. State of Ga., 360 Ga. App. 901, 903 (862 SE2d 564)
(2021) (quotation marks omitted). The Appellant’s failure to follow that procedure
deprives us of jurisdiction to consider this appeal, which is hereby DISMISSED.

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia
Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________
04/01/2026
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.