Tuttle v. Stauffer

Beasley, Judge.

Tuttle filed suit to obtain visitation rights with her grandchildren under the provisions of OCGA § 19-7-3. Tuttle’s son and the children’s natural mother were divorced; subsequently the son’s parental rights were terminated and the two children were adopted by the mother’s new spouse. Tuttle filed the present direct appeal from the trial court’s dismissal on July 11, 1985 of her petition for visitation rights.

OCGA § 5-6-35 (a) (2), effective July 1, 1984, provides that an application for appeal is required in “[a]ppeals from judgments or orders in divorce, alimony, child…