• White v. Fana

    Publication Date: 2023-07-03
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dennis Dozier, (Attorney at Law), Rincon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Molly Howard, Evan Barker, (Howard Barker Lane, P.C.), Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0283

    Court vacates revised parenting order that included self-executing visitation provisions because they did not give paramount import to a child's best interests

  • Wilkinson et al. v. Richello

    Publication Date: 2023-06-19
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Outman, (Law Office of James B. Outman, LLC), Atlanta, Catherine Sartain, (Stearns-Montgomery & Proctor), Marietta,, for appellant.
    for defendant: Heidi Honis, Aubrey Villines, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0603

    Court affirms ruling dismissing grandparents' petition to be named equitable caregivers because litigating the relevant issue was barred by collateral estoppel

  • In the Interest of B. L., et al., Children (Father)

    Publication Date: 2023-06-15
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony Zezima, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Randall Estes, (Drake & Estes Law Firm), Lawrenceville, Mercy Paszkiewicz, Winder, for appellee; Chevelle Douglas, (Gwinnett County Guardian ad Litem Office), Lawrenceville, for other party.

    Case Number: A23A0008

    Court affirms order granting permanent physical custody of two children to their mother over father's allegations of trial court error as to evidence and other matters

  • In the Interest of B. A., a Child

    Publication Date: 2023-06-14
    Practice Area: Evidence | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Tucker, (The Law Offices of J Nichole Tucker, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Shalen Nelson, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Emily Harris, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee; Kayla Brooks, Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A23A0585

    Dependency Order Not Supported by Clear and Convincing Evidence of Present Dependency

  • In the Interest of K. R., a Child

    Publication Date: 2023-06-08
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bryan Villarreal, (Attorney at Law), Cedartown, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Jennifer Ennerberg, (Public Defenders Office Cherokee Judicial Circuit), Cartersville, Shalen Nelson, Mark Cicero, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee; Evan Stapler, (Attorney at Law), Bremen, Jon Veal, Lisa Dowda, Cedartown, for other party.

    Case Number: A23A0570

    S Dependency Finding Was Supported by Evidence Minor Child Was Physically Abused by Her Adoptive Parent

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  • King v. King, Jr.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-06
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald R. Andersen, (Skinner Law Group), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael T. Fackler, John C.W. Cherneski, (Miliam Howard Nicandri & Gilliam, P.A.), Jacksonville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23Q0105

    Court determines that if a confidential relationship creates a duty to disclose, failure to adhere to that duty may constitute a breach of a fiduciary duty

  • Colclough v. Georgia Department of Human Services et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-05-25
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Bliss, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Sarah Austin, (Atlanta Legal Aid Society), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Jason Naunas, Shalen Nelson, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Ladonya Horton, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, Gregory Weaver, Lithonia, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0721

    Court affirms order finding that a child's father is entitled to an overpayment of his child support obligations and remands for consideration of future VA benefits

  • Velazquez v. Perez

    Publication Date: 2023-05-24
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Manely, William King, (The Manely Firm, P.C.), Marietta, Kaitie Ruhl-Pirone, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anne Thompson de Magana, (Stearns-Montgomery & Proctor), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0297

    Court affirms divorce decree, child support and spousal support awards, and division of marital assets, but reverses and remands on issues of distributions of certain debts

  • Wiggins v. Rogers

    Publication Date: 2023-04-21
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Beverly Cohen, (Attorney at Law), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sean Whitworth, (Law Offices of Sean R. Whitworth LLC), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0110

    Court affirms modified order awarding primary physical custody to a mother in a divorce case but reverses a child support award that deviated from statutory norms

  • 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