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  • Skinner v. Miles

    Publication Date: 2021-10-27
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Denise VanLanduyt, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Harbin, (Charles G. Harbin, Jr., P.C.), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0980

    Court affirms order granting equitable caregiver status and issuing custody and visitation rights to a former partner in s same-sex couple relationship

  • Barnes v. Barnes

    Publication Date: 2021-10-26
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randy Williams. Patrick Calvo, (Williams & Thomas, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Aisha Blanchard Collins, (Blanchard Collins Law Firm, LLC), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1079

    Panel Dismisses Direct Appeal Because Mother Failed to Follow Proper Procedure for Seeking Appellate Review

  • In Re Shawn Donovan Stroud et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-10-25
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Agbor Ebot Tabi, (The Law Office of Agb or Ebot Tabi, P.C.), Acworth, for appellant.
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A21A0931

    Court affirms denial of a petition to amend a marriage certificate where such amendment was not needed to protect the integrity and accuracy of vital records

  • Lockhart v. Lockhart

    Publication Date: 2021-10-22
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Vic Hill, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sharaye Lockhart, Snellville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0760

    Court vacates award of child support, attorney fees, and alimony in a divorce case and remands for reconsideration in view of all of the evidence

  • Pascal v. Pino

    Publication Date: 2021-10-20
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Crystal Wright, (Crystal Wright Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Ward, (The Ward Law Firm, PA), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0913

    Court vacates trial court order modifying custody arrangements where a party did not file a complaint or counterclaim seeking that form of relief.

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  • Gilreath v. Conner

    Publication Date: 2021-10-18
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Key, Kayci Timmons, (Miller & Key PA), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Beverly Cohen, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, James Nystrom, (Attorney at Law), Alpharetta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0816

    Court vacates trial court's order regarding portion of pension payments owed to ex-spouse where the order was not based on the language of the parties' divorce decree

  • Copeland v. Copeland

    Publication Date: 2021-10-04
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samantha Lennon, (Heredia & Lennon Family Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lindsay Dodson, (Collard Shockley, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0921

    Court affirms rejection of father's petition for reconsideration of entry of a 12-month family violence protective order that was based on father's violent tendencies

  • Perry v. Jenkins

    Publication Date: 2021-09-24
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Virginia Morris, (Virginia Nell Morris Law, LLC), Athens, Woodrow Ware, (The Law Offices of Woodrow Wilson Ware, LLC), Watkinsville,for appellant.
    for defendant: Brad Evans, (Attorney at Law), Madison, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0969

    Court affirms child custody and visitation order over petitioner's challenge to trial court's processes in issuing that order

  • Harrison v. Whitaker

    Publication Date: 2021-09-22
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alexis Harrison, Rudyard, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kristen Williams, (Patrick, Beard, Schulman & Jacoway), Chattanooga, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0755

    Court vacates and remands denial of petitioner's motion for modification of child custody because trial court failed to make findings on changed circumstances

  • Norrod v. Willingham

    Publication Date: 2021-09-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Vic Hill, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, Brad MacDonald, (Hill/MacDonald, LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lance Dutton, (Brown & Dutton Law Firm), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0746

    Court reverses denial of petitioner's motion for a new trial in a divorce proceeding because that motion was not untimely filed and the trial court failed to hold a hearing