Nicole Borden v. Carl Houghland

Court of Appeals
of the State of Georgia

ATLANTA,____________________
June 22, 2026

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A26D0551. NICOLE BORDEN v. CARL HOUGHLAND.

Nicole Borden applies for discretionary review of a trial court’s dismissal of her
petition for a temporary protective order based on stalking under OCGA § 16-5-94.
This court has “consistently treated stalking protective orders as directly appealable.”
Bruno v. Light, 344 Ga. App. 799, 800 n.2 (811 SE2d 500) (2018). This case does not
arise from a domestic relations matter that would otherwise subject it to the
discretionary appeal procedures of OCGA § 5-6-35(a)(2).
This Court will grant a timely discretionary application if the lower court’s
order is directly appealable. OCGA § 5-6-35(j). Accordingly, this application is hereby
GRANTED. Borden shall have ten days from the date of this order to file a notice of
appeal with the trial court if she has not already done so. OCGA § 5-6-35(g). The clerk
of the superior 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,____________________
06/22/2026
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.