Alizota v. Stanfield

I concur in the judgment only and write separately to explain that the superior court lacked jurisdiction to terminate parental rights based upon the order issued by the juvenile court under OCGA § 15-11-58 (i). This Code section authorizes a juvenile court to “enter a custody order which shall remain in effect until the child’s eighteenth birthday” in cases in which “referral for termination of *259parental rights and adoption is not in the best interest of the child.” OCGA § 15-11-58 (i) (1).7 In this case, the juvenile court’s long-term custody order under OCGA § 15-11-58 (i) required the…