In re A. B., 041421 GACA, A21A0499

• Party Name: IN THE INTEREST OF A. B. et al., children.
• Case Date: April 14, 2021
• Court: Georgia Court of Appeals

IN THE INTEREST OF A. B. et al., children.

No. A21A0499

Court of Appeals of Georgia

April 14, 2021

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

Appellee Georgia Department of Human Services, acting by and through the Douglas County Department of Family and Children Services, has submitted a motion to supplement the record. Therein, Appellee requests this Court to order that unspecified "exhibits admitted into evidence at [a hearing, but] not included in the copy of the record[, be] forwarded to this Court from the Juvenile Court of Douglas County." Appellee states that the exhibits are necessary to prepare its brief in this case, and that its appellate counsel is in the process of obtaining the exhibits from the counsel who participated in the proceedings below. In the alternative, Appellee requests that this case be remanded back to the juvenile court for completion of the record.

It thus appears that supplementing the record as requested presents issues regarding which documents, in fact, are missing, whether any or all of such documents were filed and considered in the court below, and whether there exists originals, duplicate originals, or true and accurate copies thereof.

Given the foregoing, the Appellee's motion is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART. Accordingly, this case is REMANDED to the juvenile court to examine and allow the record to be supplemented in accordance with the provisions of OCGA § 5-6-41 (f). Upon resolution of such issues by the juvenile court, the clerk of the juvenile court shall transmit any balance of the record to this Court so that this case can be re-docketed.