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  • In the Interest of K. L., a Child

    Publication Date: 2022-03-08
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott Shaw, (Shaw Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Emily Harris, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Andy Pham, (Pham Law Office, LLC), Newnan, Homer Jordan, (Law Office of Homer P. Jordan IV), Kennesaw, for appellee; Doris Orleck, (Attorney at Law), Newnan, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A1233

    Court affirms order denying an aunt and uncle's petition for custody of a child because they lacked standing to be adjudicated as equitable caregivers

  • In the Interest of L-M. C. L., et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-28
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nancee Tomlinson, (Attorney at Law), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Penny Hannah, Shalen Nelson, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Chad Hunt, (Attorney at Law), Crawford, for appellee; Kathryn McMichael, (Northern Circuit Public Defender), Royston, Vivian Azih, (Public Defender of the Northeastern Judicial Circuit), Mableton, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A1474

    Court dismisses a mother's appeal to a juvenile court order that terminated her parental rights as to four children

  • Southern Piedmont Law, PC v. Pierre

    Publication Date: 2022-02-23
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason Smith, (Attorney at Law), Winter Garden, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jionel Pierre, Peachtree City, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1795

    Trial Court Lacked Authority to Allow Party to Pay Judgment for Attorney Fees and Costs Over Two-Year Period

  • Viente v. Maiden

    Publication Date: 2022-01-31
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Family Law
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lisa West, (The West Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Desautel, (Meriwether & Tharp, LLC), Alpharetta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1774

    Family Law Court's Attorney Fees Award Lacked Necessary Factual Findings and Conclusions of Law

  • In the Interest of C. B., a child (mother).

    Publication Date: 2022-01-28
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Tucker, (The Law Offices of J Nichole Tucker, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Emily Harris, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Jerry Thacker, (Attorney at Law), Conyers, Raymond Gordon, (Raymond F. Gordon PC), Atlanta, for appellee; Dana Leader, (DeKalb County Child Advocacy Center), Decatur, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A1195

    Court reverses juvenile court order and concludes a child to be not dependent because DFCS did not present clear and convincing evidence of present dependency

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  • In the Interest of Baby Girl N., a child

    Publication Date: 2022-01-27
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Celeste Brewer, (Bell & Washington LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Emily Harris, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Sheryle Dickens, Covington, for appellee; DeVona Roseberry, (Roseberry Law, LLC), Conyers, Karen Greene, (Attorney at Law), Snellville, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A1751

    Juvenile Court Properly Allowed Foster Parents to Intervene in Dependency Action

  • In the Interest of A. B., et al., Children

    Publication Date: 2022-01-07
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Anagnostakis, (Attorney at Law), Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Calandra Harps, Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Saudia Crawford, (Collins Gordon Henry & LLLC), Atlanta, Bonnie Binkley, (Binkley Law GA), Atlanta, for appellee; Amber Walden, (The Fine Print Legal Consulting, LLC), Atlanta for Other party.
    Case Number: A21A1386

    Court affirms juvenile court order terminating mother's parental rights as to two older children and vacates and remands termination order as to the youngest child

  • McAlister v. Clifton

    Publication Date: 2022-01-03
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Penelope W. Rumsey, (Rumsey & Ramsey), Atlanta, Linda T. F. Day, (The Day Firm, LLC), Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: Denise Danielle VanLanduyt, (Vanlanduyt Greer, LLC), Decatur, Tahira Plunkett Piraino, (Piriano Law), Tucker, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0144

    Appeal From Custody Order Became Moot After Child Reached Age of 18

  • Chen v. Chen

    Publication Date: 2021-12-20
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nancy Jordan, (Kessler & Solomiany), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Aaron Thomas, (Aaron Thomas Law, LLC), Atlanta, Dale Cecka, (Assistant Attorney General, State of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1674

    In a divorce action, Court affirms finding that a couple was married in 2007 in a traditional ceremony, and not in 2016 when they first procured a marriage license

  • Richello v. Wilkinson et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-12-08
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Heidi Honis, Aubrey Villines, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Tunkle, (English, Tunkle & Smith), Clayton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0679

    Court reverses physical and legal child custody award that had been granted to their grandparents and remands for entry of an order granting custody to their father