In two related appeals, Jaye C. Bennett appeals from the judgment of the trial court awarding damages to Regina Quick, in *416 her capacity as administrator of the estate of Arthur A. Bennett, and Joyce Bennett, in her capacity as executor of the estate of Elena A. Bennett, and appeals from an order finding her in contempt. Following our review, we affirm.
Case No. A10A0679
Quick and Joyce Bennett filed the underlying lawsuit in their capacities as administrator of the estate of Arthur Bennett and executor of the estate of Elena Bennett, respectively, alleging that Jaye Bennett fraudulently induced Arthur Bennett and Elena Bennett to give her power of attorney for their estates, and wrongfully abused her power of attorney by converting monies from the two estates to her own use. The trial court found that Bennett had abused her fiduciary duty and fraudulently conveyed monies from the estates for her own use, and awarded compensatory and punitive damages to the estates, as well as attorney fees and court costs. It is from this order that Bennett appeals.
In her appellate brief Bennett does not support her 50 enumerations of error with argument, citation of authority, or record citations. There is not a single reference to the record in her enumerated errors. Although Bennett is acting pro se, “that status does not relieve [her] of the obligation to comply with the substantive and procedural requirements of the law, including the rules of this Court.” (Punctuation and footnote omitted.)
West v. West,
“Appellate judges should not be expected to take pilgrimages into records in search of error without the compass of citation and argument.”
Sulejman v. Marinello,
Our requirements as to the form of appellate briefs were created, not to provide an obstacle, but to aid parties in presenting their arguments in a manner most likely to be fully and efficiently comprehended by this Court. Even when those requirements are ignored, where possible we will, to the best of our ability, attempt to discern those *417 arguments that have been supported with argument and citation of authority. Here, however, any assertions of error which we might perhaps discern are unsupported by argument or citation of authority. . . .
(Citation, punctuation and footnote omitted.)
Blackmon v. Moran,
Moreover, even if we could decipher Bennett’s arguments such that we could exercise our discretion to review her multitude of enumerations on the merits, we would affirm the judgment of the trial court because most of her factual assertions appear to be based on transcripts not included in the record. In the absence of a transcript or an agreed-upon statement of the events at the hearing, “we must presume the trial judge ruled correctly on all issues presented and that the evidence was sufficient to support the judgment. We cannot consider factual assertions in briefs that are not supported by the record.” (Punctuation and footnote omitted.)
Rice v. Lost Mountain Homeowners Assn.,
We reiterate that it is unacceptable to simply list a myriad of errors, without more, and expect the appellate court to be able to review such an appeal for error.
Accordingly, this appeal presents nothing for our review, and Bennett’s enumerations are deemed abandoned. See Court of Appeals Rule 25 (c) (2);
Guilford v. Marriott Intl.,
supra,
Thus, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed.
Case No. A10A0680
The trial court issued an ex parte temporary restraining order prohibiting Bennett from disposing of any property granted to her by Elena Bennett. Following a hearing, the trial court issued an interlocutory injunction and restraining order continuing the ex parte order specifically as to a certain piece of real property, on which Bennett was ordered to continue making mortgage payments. After Bennett failed to make mortgage payments on the property, it was foreclosed upon. Bennett was found in contempt and ordered to pay $7,000, the purported equity in the property, and attorney fees and costs for violating the interlocutory injunction. She appeals from that order.
Here, as in the companion appeal, Bennett has merely listed 46 enumerations of error without any citations to the record, argument, or authority in support of her allegations. See Court of Appeals Rule 25 (c) (2) (i). There is also no “statement of the proceedings below
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and the material facts relevant to the appeal and the citation of such parts of the record or transcript essential to a consideration of the errors complained of. . . .” Court of Appeals Rule 25 (a) (1). Indeed, nothing in Bennett’s brief can be construed as legal argument, “which requires, at a minimum, a discussion of the appropriate law as applied to the relevant facts.” (Punctuation omitted.)
Guilford v. Marriott Intl.,
supra,
Thus, as in Bennett’s companion appeal, the enumerations of error are deemed abandoned under Court of Appeals Rule 25 (c) (2).
Judgments affirmed.