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The administrator of an estate, Father Isaias Rodriguez, appeals the grant of summary judgment to a minor child who sued in superior court to establish that the decedent of the estate was her father. He argues 1 that the trial court erred in dismissing his notice of appeal on jurisdictional grounds; 2 that he was entitled to appeal the summary judgment directly rather than by application for discretionary appeal; 3 that the trial court did not have jurisdiction to determine paternity under OCGA § 19-7-40; and 4 that the trial court erred in granting summary judgment on the merits.

We hold that the trial court did not have jurisdiction to dismiss the direct appeal, that the summary judgment was directly appealable, and that Nunez failed to state a claim for relief pursuant to OCGA § 19-7-40, the “Determination of Paternity” article of the “Parent and Child Relationship Generally” chapter of the “Domestic Relations” title of the code. The appellant’s enumeration of error regarding the merits of the summary judgment is therefore moot.

 
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