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  • Blount v. Blount

    Publication Date: 2024-11-08
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia Shewmaker, (Shewmaker & Lewis, LLC), Peachtree Corners, for appellant.
    for defendant: Vic Hill, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, Andrea Hastings, (Waggoner Hastings, LLC), Alpharetta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0779

    Court affirms asset division and payment of lump sum to husband in a divorce proceeding but reverses discovery ruling and vacates award of attorney fees

  • Hawbaker v. Brittingham

    Publication Date: 2024-11-05
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald Hawbaker, Midlothian, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sammie Mitchell, (law Office of S. Mark Mitchell, LLC), Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0611

    Court reverses contempt ruling in a divorce settlement dispute over missed deadlines, finding that one spouse had not met conditions precedent that required the other spouse to take action

  • Robinson v. Brown

    Publication Date: 2024-10-29
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Greenfield, (Jack F. Witcher), Bremen, Candace Rader, (Attorney at Law), Carrollton, Nathaniel Wheelwright, (Attorney at Law), Breman, for appellant.
    for defendant: Desiree Duke, Timothy Heath, (The Duke Law Firm, LLC.), Carrollton, for appellee; Timothy MacMillan, (The Law Office of Timothy J. MaCmillan), Carrollton, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0786

    Court reverses denial of new trial motion in a child custody dispute case due to the trial court's ruling on the motion without holding a hearing

  • Turney v. Turney

    Publication Date: 2024-10-28
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicole Turney, Murrayville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Aron Turney, Dawsonville, for appellee; M. Young, (Attorney t Law), Gainesville, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0932

    Court vacates child support and attorney fees awards in child custody case due to incorrect child support calculations and lack of notice of attorney fee award

  • In the Interest of M. R. S., a Child (Mother)

    Publication Date: 2024-10-25
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Forrest Shealy, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Calandra Harps, Christopher Carr, Sanders Deen, Bryan Webb, (Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee; Cathy Lerow, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0990

    Court affirms denial of mother's motion to set aside termination of parental rights

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  • Arlotta v. Arlotta

    Publication Date: 2024-10-22
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Trinity Hundredmark, Dana Lohrberg, (Andersen, Tate & Car, P.C.), Duluth, Robert Thomas, (Burr & Firman LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joann Sharp, Charlotte Ruble, (Meriwether & Tharp, LLC), Alpharetta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0961

    Court reverses partial denial of motion to enforce prenuptial agreement, which satisfied the framework of the Sherer test under Georgia law

  • Mabvurunge v. Katsande

    Publication Date: 2024-10-18
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Calvin Mabvurunge, Burnsville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret Head, (Cohen & Caproni, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Brook Davidson, (Stewart, Melvin & Frost), Gainesville, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0737

    Court vacates dismissal of biological father's appeal and remands in a conservatorship case, holding that OCGA § 15-9-123 (a) does not apply to the father's appeal to the superior court.

  • Howard Russell Yntema v. Leah Smith

    Publication Date: 2024-10-17
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicholas Paul Martin, (Martin Demelfi, LLC), Atlanta, Ulice Sauls, III, (Sauls Law Group LLC), Peachtree Corners, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dawn Hunsicker Taylor, (Dawn H. Taylor LLC), Suwanee, for appellee; Kathryn T. Franklin, (Franklin Family Law, PC), Buford, for other party.
    Case Number: S24C0850

    Court denies review of speech restriction order in a divorce proceeding, but acknowledges potential due process concerns for nonparties

  • In the Interest of D. H., a child.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-10
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michelle Gopman, (Office of the DeKalb County Public Defender), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Bryan Webb, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Joycelyn Curry, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, Lytia Brown, Joshlynn Clark, (Brown Geiger & Associates), Atlanta, Dana Leader, (Fulton County Office of the Child Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1131

    Georgia Court reverses Alabama court's dependency finding due to lack of jurisdiction under UCCJEA

  • In the Interest of A. E., a Child

    Publication Date: 2024-09-24
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michelle Gopman, (Office of the DeKalb County Public Defender), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Calandra Harps, Christopher Carr, Bryan Webb, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Nathan Hayes, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Lytia Brown, Joshlynn Clark, (Brown Geiger & Associates), Atlanta, for appellee; Ronald Richards, (The Law Office of Ronald M. Richards & Associates, LLC), Decatur, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A1018

    Court reverses juvenile court's order that granted temporary custody of a minor child to DFCS, citing insufficient evidence of parental unfitness, and remans case for an evidentiary hearing