• Lockamy v. Lockamy

    Publication Date: 2017-10-02
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Garnett Harrison, Jacqueline NiCole Fortier (Garnett Harrison PC), Kingsland, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Allen Sanders, Jr. (Andrews & Sanders Law Offices), Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: S17A0966

    The trial court erred in granting wife's motion to reform a divorce decree because she untimely filed the motion more than six years after the entry of the judgment.

  • Bennett v. Etheridge

    Publication Date: 2017-10-02
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Thelston Mosley II (Drew Mosley LLC), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dexter Maynard Wimbish (Attorney at Law), McDonough, for appellee.

    Case Number: S17A0762

    The habeas court erred in dismissing appellant's motion for new trial following an order discharging the payment of restitution and any arrearage for back child support by the purported biological father of appellant's minor child because, contrary to the habeas court's conclusion, appellant had standing to challenge the court's judgment.