• Shelley Namdar-Yeganeh v. Cyndi Namdar-Yeganeh et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-27
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leslie O’Neal, (O’Dell & O’Neal), Marietta, Laura Higginbotham, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gary Graham, Erik Chambers, (Stern & Edlin), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0999

    Court concludes that Georgia's Grandparent Visitation Statute does not authorize grandparents to file actions to modify existing grandparent visitations orders apart from a properly pending action

  • In the Interest of C. B., et al., children.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-10
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Bennett, (Bennett Law & Mediation Services LLC), Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christine Cruse, (Law Office of Christine M. Cruse), Warner Robins, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0726

    Court affirms termination of parental rights and denial of new trial in child dependency case, rejecting father's contentions of insufficiency of service and inadequate evidence

  • Stewart v. Stewart

    Publication Date: 2023-10-17
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynn Martin, (The Law Office of Lynn W. Martin), Ponte Vedra Beach, for appellant.
    for defendant: Garnett Harrison, (Harrison & Fortier), Kingsland, Jacqueline Fortier, (Garnett Harrison, P.C.), Kingsland, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0869

    Remand Necessary For Trial Court to Address Issue of Personal Jurisdiction Over Party Accused of Contempt

  • Smith v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2023-10-16
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Delia Crouch, (Attorney at Law), Newnan, John Cunningham, (Coweta Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Desiree Duke, (The Duke Law Firm, LLC.), Carrollton, David Webster, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0896

    Court determines that a divorcing couples' prior contract as to disposition of a frozen embryo controlled over application of marital property and balancing approaches

  • In re Estate of T. M. N., a Child

    Publication Date: 2023-10-16
    Practice Area: Family Law | Trusts and Estates
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Donsbach, (Donsbach Law Group, LLC), Martinez, for appellant.
    for defendant: Carrie Markham, (Rosenzweig, Jones, Horne & Griffis, P.C.), Newnan, Danielle McRae, (Upson Probate Judge), Thomaston, LeAnne Gilbert, (Gaslowitz Frankel LLC), Atlanta, Timothy King, (Hodges, McEachern & King), Peachtree City, for AM.

    Case Number: A23A1581

    Court reverses a probate court order that had restricted a mother, who was also a child's conservator, from using estate income to pay for the child's expenses

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  • In the Interest of A. H., a Child.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-22
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Fani T. Willis, Mathew Eli Plott, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lauren Beth Shubow, Paige Andrea Pastor, Tashe Ann Dunlap, Cody Jeremiah Jung, (Fulton County Public Defender’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S22G1035

    Court vacates its prior grant of a writ of certiorari and denies a petition for an appeal to a juvenile court's order sealing the records of a juvenile who was adjudicated delinquent

  • In the Interest of K. A. V., a child.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-30
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, Bryan Webb, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Emily Harris, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Robin McCallum, (McCallum & Associates, LLC), Decatur, Laurie Brown, (Gwinnett County DFCS), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Bliss, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Chevelle Douglas, (Vayman & Teitelbaum PC), Alpharetta, Yazmin Sobh, Andrea Landers, (Atlanta Legal Aid Society), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0968

    Juvenile Court Lacked Authority to Sanction Department of Family and Children Services After Juvenile Turned 18

  • Schatte v. McGee

    Publication Date: 2023-08-29
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Calina Plotky, (KF Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: T Sams, (The Trammell Firm, LLC), Luthersville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0831

    Evidence Supported Finding Father Did Not Abandon Opportunity Interest Before Petitioning to Legitimate His Child

  • Jackson v. Peart

    Publication Date: 2023-08-24
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rebecca McLaws, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Vanessa Kosky Narea, (The Law Office of Vanessa Kosky, PC), Tucker, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1089

    Court reverses issuance of a 12-month family violence protective order because the underlying petition was statutorily dismissed before the order's issuance

  • In the Interest of K. B., et al., children.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Tucker, (The Law Offices of J Nichole Tucker, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leslie Abbott, (Special Assistant Attorney General), Decatur, Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, Emily Harris, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Jamila Fair, Decatur, for appellee; LaShanda Lennon, (Lennon Family Law LLC), Snellville, April Hall, Austell, Chandra Wilson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Amy Cole, (DeKalb County Child Advocacy Center), Decatur, for other party.

    Case Number: A23A0355

    Court rejects a father's challenge to a juvenile court fining that his twin children are dependent, have been neglected, and are in need of court protection