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  • Shultz v. Walker

    Publication Date: 2021-12-07
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jane McCoy, (The McCoy Law Office, LLC), Sunnyside, for appellant.
    for defendant: Betty Wheeler, (Connell & Wheeler), Thomaston, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1034

    Trial Court Must Consider Whether Denial of Appellant's Legitimation Petition Should Be Set Aside Based on Nonamendable Defect in Record

  • In the Interest of S. H., et al., Children

    Publication Date: 2021-12-06
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Jeffrey, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Penny Hannah, Shalen Nelson, (Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee; D. Arefin, (The Arefin Law Office, LLC), Peachtree Corners, Philip Cummings, Cumming, Maria Keller, (O’Driscoll Keller Law Group, LLC), Alpharetta, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A0784

    Court reverses juvenile court order that terminated a father's parental rights and remands for determination of whether he waived his right to counsel.

  • Poe et al. v. Cantrell

    Publication Date: 2021-11-24
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerrold Hester, (Hester Outman LLC), Norcross, James Outman, (Law Office of James B. Outman, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry Barkley, (Attorney at Law), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1142

    Trial Court Properly Denied Foster Parents' Petition to Adopt Child; Legal Non-Biological Father Possesses Custodial Rights Over Child

  • Rimert v. Meriwether & Tharp, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-11-19
    Practice Area: Family Law | Legal Malpractice | Privacy
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Rutter, Gulf Shores, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christine Mast, Zachary Lewis, (Hawkins Parnell & Young, LLP), Atlanta, Brynda Insley, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, Aaron Strimban, Robert Tidwell, (Tidwell & Strimban, LLC), Woodstock, John Burns, (Burns Law Group, PC), Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1010

    Summary Judgment Properly Granted in Favor of Law Firm Accused of Negligent Training and Supervision of Staff Attorney

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

    Publication Date: 2021-11-18
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Weston Maffit, (Piner & Maffit, LLC), Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Calandra Harps, Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Nadine Bailey, (Attorney at Law), Athens, Andrea David-Vega, (Law Office of Andrea David Vega), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1208

    Juvenile Court Errs in Finding Children Dependent and Transferring Custody of Children From Mother to Department of Family and Children Services

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  • Franco v. Eagle

    Publication Date: 2021-11-17
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Tillery, (Jennifer J. Gibbs PC d/b/a Gibbs Law Firm), Decatur, Jennifer Gibbs, (Gibbs Tillery, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Vanessa Kosky Narea, (The Law Office of Vanessa Kosky, PC), Tucker, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0875

    Court affirms ruling of imputed income for child support and attorney fee calculations in a divorce case but reverses as to equitable division of certain real property

  • Estate of Raymond A. Suddeth v. Jennifer Suddeth Williams As Executor of the Estate of Carolyn C. Suddeth

    Publication Date: 2021-11-15
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin Fierman, (Attorney at Law), Madison, Ben Fierman, (Fierman Law Firm), Madison, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Waters, (Ballard, Stephenson & Waters), Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0864

    Court vacates order of contempt in a divorce proceeding where both spouses had passed away and remands for determination of the real parties in interest in the proceeding

  • In the Interest of B. W., A Child

    Publication Date: 2021-11-09
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jana Evans, (Attorney at Law), Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nicola Rochester, (Axam~Roberts Legal Group), Riverdale, Olivia Smith, (SR Law Group), Douglasville, Jamie Gray, Douglasville, Christopher Carr, Emily Harris, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Valerie Gordon, (Douglas County Juvenile Court - Juvenile Public), Douglasville, Shalen Nelson, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee; Rita Cooper, (Attorney at Law), Powder Springs, Chelsea Mitchell, (The Carter Law Firm PC), Peachtree City, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A1121

    Court affirms juvenile court's temporary custody order and rejects mother's appeal for return of custody of a minor child

  • Poe et al. v. Cantrell

    Publication Date: 2021-11-04
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerrold Hester, (Hester Outman LLC), Norcross, James Outman, (Law Office of James B. Outman, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry Barkley, (Attorney at Law), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1142

    Court affirms denial of foster parents' adoption petition and rules that trial court did not err in acknowledging the girl's legal father and denying a petition for DNA testing

  • Frith v. Harvey

    Publication Date: 2021-11-04
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Cross, (Cross Law Firm, LLC), Phenix City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donna Hix, (Hall Booth Smith, PC), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0892

    Court reverses an order that a 2012 child support order remained in effect while a temporary order suspending payments was in place between 2014 and 2018.