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  • 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

  • Shelley Namdar-Yeganeh v. Cyndi Namdar-Yeganeh et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-27
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leslie O’Neal, (O’Dell & O’Neal), Marietta, Laura Higginbotham, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gary Graham, Erik Chambers, (Stern & Edlin), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0999

    Court concludes that Georgia's Grandparent Visitation Statute does not authorize grandparents to file actions to modify existing grandparent visitations orders apart from a properly pending action

  • In the Interest of C. B., et al., children.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-10
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Bennett, (Bennett Law & Mediation Services LLC), Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christine Cruse, (Law Office of Christine M. Cruse), Warner Robins, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0726

    Court affirms termination of parental rights and denial of new trial in child dependency case, rejecting father's contentions of insufficiency of service and inadequate evidence

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  • Stewart v. Stewart

    Publication Date: 2023-10-17
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynn Martin, (The Law Office of Lynn W. Martin), Ponte Vedra Beach, for appellant.
    for defendant: Garnett Harrison, (Harrison & Fortier), Kingsland, Jacqueline Fortier, (Garnett Harrison, P.C.), Kingsland, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0869

    Remand Necessary For Trial Court to Address Issue of Personal Jurisdiction Over Party Accused of Contempt

  • Smith v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2023-10-16
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Delia Crouch, (Attorney at Law), Newnan, John Cunningham, (Coweta Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Desiree Duke, (The Duke Law Firm, LLC.), Carrollton, David Webster, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0896

    Court determines that a divorcing couples' prior contract as to disposition of a frozen embryo controlled over application of marital property and balancing approaches

  • In re Estate of T. M. N., a Child

    Publication Date: 2023-10-16
    Practice Area: Family Law | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Donsbach, (Donsbach Law Group, LLC), Martinez, for appellant.
    for defendant: Carrie Markham, (Rosenzweig, Jones, Horne & Griffis, P.C.), Newnan, Danielle McRae, (Upson Probate Judge), Thomaston, LeAnne Gilbert, (Gaslowitz Frankel LLC), Atlanta, Timothy King, (Hodges, McEachern & King), Peachtree City, for AM.
    Case Number: A23A1581

    Court reverses a probate court order that had restricted a mother, who was also a child's conservator, from using estate income to pay for the child's expenses

  • In the Interest of A. H., a Child.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-22
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Fani T. Willis, Mathew Eli Plott, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lauren Beth Shubow, Paige Andrea Pastor, Tashe Ann Dunlap, Cody Jeremiah Jung, (Fulton County Public Defender’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22G1035

    Court vacates its prior grant of a writ of certiorari and denies a petition for an appeal to a juvenile court's order sealing the records of a juvenile who was adjudicated delinquent

  • In the Interest of K. A. V., a child.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-30
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, Bryan Webb, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Emily Harris, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Robin McCallum, (McCallum & Associates, LLC), Decatur, Laurie Brown, (Gwinnett County DFCS), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Bliss, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Chevelle Douglas, (Vayman & Teitelbaum PC), Alpharetta, Yazmin Sobh, Andrea Landers, (Atlanta Legal Aid Society), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0968

    Juvenile Court Lacked Authority to Sanction Department of Family and Children Services After Juvenile Turned 18