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  • In the Interest of M. J. H., a child.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-15
    Practice Area: Family Law | Immigration Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Emily Davis, (Ross & Pines LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: April Hall, Austell, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1764

    Court affirms custody and dependency decisions in complex international family law case, finding that returning a child to his home country would be in his best interests despite known risks

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

    Publication Date: 2024-03-14
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy Green, (The Law Office of Amy L. Green LLC), Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Calandra Harps, Christopher Carr, Amy Michaud, Bryan Webb, Shalen Nelson, (Attorney General), Shane Geeter, (Attorney at Law), Milledgeville, Hoganne Harrison-Walton, (The Hogan Law Firm LLC), Milledgeville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1454

    Court affirms juvenile court's placement of child with biological family over foster family

  • Davis v. Taylor

    Publication Date: 2024-03-12
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carol EllisHoyle, (Ellis Hoyle Law, LLC), Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas Hassinger, Anna O’donnell, (The Siemon Law Firm), Cumming, Clint Christopher Malcolm, for appellee; Marcy Millard, (The Millard Law Firm), Alpharetta, Ravelle Smith, (The Smith Firm, A Family Law Group, LLC), Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A1384

    Court defers to trial court's discretion and affirms custody award to a father in legitimation case where that father was the child's biological parent but was not married to her mother

  • Beall v. Beall

    Publication Date: 2024-02-28
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A23A1549

    Court affirms in part and vacates in part a custody decision that denied a divorced parent visitation rights with a child, and remands for a revised parenting time determination

  • In the Interest of Z. A. et al., (Children)

    Publication Date: 2024-02-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A23A1434

    Court affirms order awarding temporary custody of children to the Department of Family and Children Services, and rejects mother's multiple challenges to the order

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  • In the Interest of K. M., et al., Children (Mother)

    Publication Date: 2024-02-22
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Coleman Brice, (C. Brice Law, LLC), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Charles Reddick, (Charles R. Reddick, P.C.), Homerville, Shalen Nelson, Atlanta, Emily Harris, Atlanta, Bryan Rumker, (Bryan Rumker Attorney at Law, LLC), Douglas, for appellee; John Edwards, (Attorney at Law), Valdosta, for Other party.
    Case Number: A23A1311

    Court reverses juvenile court's dependency order for lack of clear and convincing evidence of abuse or neglect

  • In the Interest of R. E. Z. B., a child.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-08
    Practice Area: Family Law | Immigration Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rebeca Salmon, (Attorney at Law), Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cathy Lerow, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1775

    Court affirms finding of dependency and an award of custody, but remands the case for specific findings on a child's special immigrant juvenile status

  • Barrett v. Bryan

    Publication Date: 2024-01-02
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kyle Krejci, (The Law Office of Kyle Krejci, LLC), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: A. Rockefeller, (The Rockefeller Law Center), Warner Robins, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1644

    Court affirms denial of spouse's request for appointment of a guardian ad litem where child custody was at issue in a divorce case

  • Nix v. Scarbrough

    Publication Date: 2023-12-04
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Metts, (Attorney at Law), Savannah, Kenneth Johnson, (Johnson Kraeuter, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Molly Howard, (Howard & Whatley, P.C.), Savannah, Andrew Wilkes, Irving Drought, (Oliver Maner LLP), Savannah, for appellee; Susan Cox, (Susan W. Cox, LLC); Peachtree Corners, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0790

    Court upholds decision to compel arbitration and an arbitration award in a divorce case despite allegations of breach of an arbitration agreement and contentions of arbitrator bias

  • Phelps v. Phelps

    Publication Date: 2023-11-28
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia Shewmaker, (Shewmaker & Lewis, LLC), Peachtree Corners, for appellant.
    for defendant: Beverly Cohen, (Attorney at Law), Roswell, Stephen Sikes, (Law Offices of Scot Sikes), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0646

    Court vacates and remands declaratory judgment that modified an original decree in a divorce case over division of military retirement