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  • In the Interest of M. C. et al., Children (Mother)

    Publication Date: 2022-10-19
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karimah Boston, (Public Defender’s Office - Atlanta Judicial Circuit), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Emily Harris, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Mark Brooks, Atlanta, for appellee; Ramona Condell, (Office of the Child Attorney, Fulton County), Atlanta, James Jones, (King & Spalding, LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A0655

    Dependency Order Was Not Supported by Factual Findings Supporting Court's Conclusions

  • Byrne v. Byrne

    Publication Date: 2022-09-30
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Meeks, (Attorney at Law), Leesburg, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony Zezima, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1080

    Court affirms final judgment and divorce decree awarding a father primary physical custody of twin children

  • McDonald v. Reyes

    Publication Date: 2022-09-27
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Lockhart, (Bradford & Lockhart, P.C.), LaFayette, Benjamin Bradford, (Benjamin T. Bradford, P.C.), Benjamin T. Bradford, P.C., for appellant.
    for defendant: Lawrence Stagg, (Attorney at Law), Ringgold, for appellee; Adam Cathey, (Law Office of Adam C. Cathey), Ringgold, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A1015

    Equitable Caregiver Action Barred Where State Agency Had Ongoing Case Involving Mother and Different Child

  • Hackett v. Stapleton et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Beverly Cohen, (Attorney at Law), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Lavoie, (Bruce, Mathews & Lavoie), Statesboro, Susan Cox, (Susan W. Cox, LLC), Peachtree Corners Paige Navarro, (Hall & Navarro, LLC), Statesboro, for appellee; Courtney Anderson, (C. Joiner Anderson & Associates, PC), Lyons, Susan Cox, (Susan W. Cox, LLC), Peachtree Corners, Cheryl Kelly, (C. Kelly Law LLC), Atlanta, Marcol Harvey, (Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A0773

    Court affirms equitable custody of a minor child to his primary caregivers and denial of father's legitimation, petition and remands for assessment of legal and physical custody

  • Vaughn v. Vaughn

    Publication Date: 2022-09-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Austin Buerlein, (Elovitz, Edwards, O’Nan & Buerlein, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony Zezima, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0621

    Court reverses trial court's impermissible modification of a divorce settlement decree but affirms award of certain costs due to concessions made by husband's lawyer

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  • In the Interest of J. D. H., JR., a child.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-15
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George Williams, (Attorney at Law), Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: T. Wilkerson, (Law Office of T. Rabb Wilkerson, III, PC), Warner Robins, for appellee; David Jennings, (Law Office of David Jennings LLC), Warner Robins for other party.
    Case Number: A22A0871

    In a challenge to termination of parental rights, court reverses denial of a father's new trial motion and remands for a hearing on that motion.

  • Newsome v. Graham

    Publication Date: 2022-09-08
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wehman Newsome, (Office of the Appellate Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nicholas Martin, (Martin DeMelfi, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Donald Horace, (Law Office of Donald S. Horace, Esq), for other party.
    Case Number: A22A0799

    Court affirms denial of a motion to dismiss a petition for child custody modification and an order enforcing a settlement agreement regarding payment of fees and expenses

  • In the Interest of K. P., a Child

    Publication Date: 2022-09-08
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amber Walden, (The Fine Print Legal Consulting, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Emily Harris, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Whitney Kenner Jones, (Kenner Jones Law LLC), Douglasville, for appellee; Valerie Gordon, (Douglas County Juvenile Court - Juvenile Public), Douglasville, Ann Mathis, Douglasville, Randy Duke, Douglasville.
    Case Number: A22A0921

    Court reverses finding of mootness that was used to justify denial of a motion to vacate a protective order and remands for consideration of the merits of the motion

  • Skelton v. Skelton

    Publication Date: 2022-08-15
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Vic Hill, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy O’Connell, (Ellis, Painter, Ratterree & Adams, LLP), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0718

    Court affirms order modifying child custody award after trial court cut off appellant's cross-examination because appellant could not show how effect on her case

  • Torres v. Torres

    Publication Date: 2022-08-05
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nancy Jordan, (Kessler & Solomiany), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Ward, (The Ward Law Firm, PA), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0507

    Court reverses order modifying a divorce decree to order an even division of military retirement benefits because no procedural mechanism supported that modification