• Wright v. Wright

    Publication Date: 2023-04-11
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Molly Sutter, (Georgia Legal Services Program), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Dodgen, (Attorney at Law), Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1586

    Court reverses judgment of contempt against a husband, finding that he had not willfully failed to make payments of alimony or other court-ordered expenses

  • Boomer v. Boomer

    Publication Date: 2023-04-07
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Klein, (Attorney at Law), Harlem, for appellant.
    for defendant: Shawn Hammond, (Attorney at Law), Evans, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0393

    Court affirms in part and reverses in part a trial court finding that a spouse misappropriated certain funds for calculations of a division of a marital estate in a divorce

  • In the Interest of N. E. K., a child.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-27
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carlton Nelson, (Attorney at Law), Dublin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Jennifer McComas, (Jennifer T. McComas, P.C.), Vidalia, Emily Harris, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1471

    Court reverses termination of parental rights of both a father and a mother as to their child because the record showed no intent to abandon, or specific harm to the child

  • In the Interest of M. J. H., a Child

    Publication Date: 2023-03-24
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carlos Solomiany, (Ross & Pines LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Attorney General), Atlanta, April Hall, Austell, Emily Harris, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1385

    Court vacates order that would have sent a minor child back to Guatemala because the juvenile court considered facts that were not in the record in making that order

  • Anderson v. Cribbs

    Publication Date: 2023-03-20
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Divida Gude, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Chad Cribbs, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1225

    Court affirmed father's petition for legitimation of a minor child over mother's arguments regarding drug testing, parenting plan, and child support

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  • In re: Estate of Bette Dwoskin Kurtzman

    Publication Date: 2023-03-13
    Practice Area: Family Law | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Deutsch, (McCurdy and Candler, LLC,), Decatur, Benjamin Pierman, (Harrison & Held, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephanie Graham, (The Law Office of Stephanie P. Graham, LLC), Atlanta, Fred Slotkin, (Slotkin Law Firm), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0399

    Court reverses probate court's appointment of a guardian and conservator and remands for application of the proper analysis for that appointment

  • Chatel v. Carroll

    Publication Date: 2023-03-09
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brad MacDonald, (Hill/MacDonald, LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amy Waggoner, Andrea Hastings, Malihe Shadmehry, (Waggoner Hastings, LLC), Alpharetta, for appellee; Christine Stadler, (Attorney at Law), Sandy Springs, for Amicus Appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1336

    Trial Court Impermissibly Modified Terms of Divorce Settlement Agreement

  • Brooks v. Brooks

    Publication Date: 2023-03-09
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Key, Kayci Timmons, (Miller & Key, P.A.), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Cauthorn, (Cauthorn Nohr & Owen), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1377

    Arbitrator in Alimony Dispute Did Not Exceed His Authority By Applying His Calculation to Award Past-Due Sums

  • In re Estate of Jenkins

    Publication Date: 2023-03-08
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lori Christman, Louis Levenson, Christopher Williams, (Levenson & Associates), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Kendrick, (Hartley Rowe & Fowler, P.C.), Douglasville, for appellee; Angel White, Douglasville, Sherry Travis, St. Pete Beach, Clint Jenkins, Temple, Russell Jenkins, Temple, for other party.

    Case Number: A22A1713

    Court affirms rejection of disabled adult's spouse as his guardian but remands for trial court to issue findings and conclusions for appointing his son in that role

  • In the Interest of C. E. Jr., a Child

    Publication Date: 2023-03-07
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Wittich, (The Law Office of Jennifer Wittich), Pooler, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leo Beckmann, Wendy Furey, (Beckmann & Furey, LLP), Savannah, Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, Mark Cicero, (Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee; Charles Loncon, (C. V. Loncon, PC), Savannah, Evan Miller, Savannah, for other party.

    Case Number: A22A1237

    Court affirms finding of dependency of a minor child over his mother's objections to evidence and procedures in juvenile court