In the Interest of A. C.

HINES, Justice.

This Court granted a discretionary appeal in this termination-of-parental-rights case to address: whether a challenge to the constitutionality of a statute governing appellate procedure that is made for the first time on appeal constitutes an exception to the general rule that this Court will not consider a constitutional challenge to a statute unless it was raised and ruled on in the trial court; if such a challenge is an exception to the general rule, whether OCGA § 5-6-35 (a) (12), which requires an application for appeal from an order terminating parental rights, is…