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In the Interest of J. M. L.

The Court had resolved the appellant's arguments in an earlier appeal in an unpublished decision without opinion, and that decision was binding on the parties and established the law of the case.

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Lesli Huso, who wishes to adopt three-year-old J. M. L. appeals from the juvenile court’s order appointing the girl’s foster mother, Ava Deverger, as her permanent guardian. See former OCGA § 15-11-30.1.1 In an earlier appeal in this case, we affirmed an order in which the juvenile court determined that it was in J. M. L.’s best interest to award Deverger permanent guardianship. In the Interest of J. M. L., __ Ga. App. __ Case No. A15A0315, decided Jan. 28, 2015.

In this appeal, Huso asks us to revisit two issues that we resolved against her in the earlier appeal: whether the juvenile court had jurisdiction to make the permanent guardianship ruling, and whether the juvenile court’s ruling met the statutory requirements for the appointment of a permanent guardian. Although we resolved the earlier appeal in this case in an unpublished decision without opinion pursuant to Court of Appeals Rule 36, our Supreme Court has made it clear that such decisions still establish the law of the case. Huso is not entitled to a second try at a more favorable appellate ruling on those issues.

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