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Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia ATLANTA,____________________ October 28, 2026 The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order: A27D0231. ANN BUCKINGHAM F/K/A ANN DOSS v. ANDREW DOSS. In this post-divorce proceeding, the trial court entered an amended order to perfect service, which corrected a scriveners error, nunc pro tunc, and clarified that defendant, Andrew Doss, not plaintiff, Ann Buckingham, was responsible for serving the third-party defendant with a copy of its December 22, 2025 order. In the December 22, 2025 order, the trial court denied Buckingham’s request for release from incarceration and reserved ruling on other matters pending service on the third- party defendant. Buckingham has filed a timely application for discretionary appeal from the amended order to perfect service. We lack jurisdiction. OCGA § 5-6-35(a)(2) ordinarily requires an application for discretionary review in domestic relations cases, such as this one. The trial court’s amended order to perfect service, however, is interlocutory because the trial court explicitly reserved ruling on other matters in its December 22, 2025 order until after service was perfected, and there is no indication in the records before this Court that service has been perfected or that those issues have been resolved. For this reason, Buckingham was required to follow the interlocutory appeal procedure of OCGA § 5-6-34(b) in order to appeal. See Bailey v. Bailey, 266 Ga. 832, 833 (471 SE2d 213) (1996) (“The discretionary appeal statute does not excuse a party seeking appellate review of an interlocutory order from complying with the additional requirements of OCGA § 5-6-34(b).”). Accord Scruggs v. Ga. Dep’t of Human Res., 261 Ga. 587, 588–89(1) (408 SE2d 103) (1991). Because Buckingham did not do so, we lack jurisdiction. See Sapp v. Sapp, 294 Ga. 435, 435 (754 SE2d 79) (2014) (dismissing appeal as interlocutory because trial court’s judgment “reserve[d] an issue to be determined later”). Accordingly, this appeal is hereby DISMISSED. Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________ 10/28/2026 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.