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  • Callaway v. Willard

    Publication Date: 2019-08-09
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Neville, (Callaway, Neville & Brinson), Claxton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Luke Lantta, (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP), Atlanta, Lloyd Murray, (Lloyd D. Murray, Sr., Attorney at Law), Richmond Hill, J. Edenfield, (Spivey, Carlton & Edenfield, P.C.), Swainsboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0139

    Court affirms partial summary judgment for trust beneficiaries against trustee

  • Kellar v. Davis et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-17
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Louis Levenson, George Lott, (Louis Levenson & Associates), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Melissa Gilbert, (Gregory, Doyle, Calhoun & Rogers, LLC), Marietta, for appellee. Jerry Landers, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A0199

    Court Affirms Dismissal of Challenge to Will Validity Where Testator Was Still Alive, Applying Established Rule Against Testing the Validity of a Will Prior to Death of Testator

  • Dodd v. Dodd

    Publication Date: 2019-06-21
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Morgan Robertson, (Robertson, Bodoh & Nasrallah, LLP), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Pamela Stephenson, (Stephenson Reynolds Law), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0178

    Complaint seeking reimbursement of funeral expenses is remanded to probate court.

  • In re Estate of Aquilla Wheeler

    Publication Date: 2019-04-11
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Wheeler, Dublin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jimmy Wheeler, Bowman, Charles Butler, (Attorney at Law), Dublin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1971

    Pro Se Appellant Lacked Standing to Pursue Appeal on Behalf of Decedent's Estate Administrator

  • Woods v. Stonecipher

    Publication Date: 2019-03-21
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Lindsay, (Townley & Lindsay, LLC), Rossville, appellant.
    for defendant: Adam Cathey, (Law Office of Adam C. Cathey), Ringgold, for appellee. Zenade Blalock, Rossville, Robert Stultz, (Attorney at Law), Ft. Oglethorpe, for other party.
    Case Number: A18A2104

    Estate liable for mortgage debt on a house that passed to a surviving tenant outside of a will

  • In re Estate of Crawford.

    Publication Date: 2019-02-19
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A18A1767

    Court Affirms Trial Court's Disbursement of Assets in Estate Dispute Over Objection by Executor that Estate Owned Homestead that Trial Court Treated as Jointly Held by Decedent's Children

  • In Re Estate of Sandra Elaine B. Barnett.

    Publication Date: 2019-01-22
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A18A1969

    No forfeiture of rights to a decedent's estate by husband who was not convicted of crimes related to decedent's death.

  • Mercer v. Mercer

    Publication Date: 2018-10-23
    Practice Area: Contracts | Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Markie Perry, (Cowart & Perry, LLP), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Berrien Sutton, (Attorney At Law), Homerville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1366

    Quitclaim Deed Clearly Conveyed Interest in Inherited Property to Co-Executor Brother

  • Joyner v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-08-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lloyd Murray, (Lloyd D. Murray, Sr., Attorney At Law), Richmond Hill, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Mallard, Keith McIntyre, (Chief Assistant District Attorney), Statesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1294

    Probate Judges Have Authority to Issue Search Warrants

  • Copeland v. Miller

    Publication Date: 2018-08-17
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Spurlin, (Spurlin & McCorvey), Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy Tanner, (Attorney At Law), Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1172

    Complaint Failed to State Claims For Fraud, Interference With Expectation of Gift, and Constructive Trust