• Threatt v. Threatt

    Publication Date: 2021-08-05
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Obréziah Bullard, (Law Offices of McGuire and Bullard), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Verne Edwards, (The Edwards Law Group), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0637

    After Wife Failed to Attend Status Hearing, Trial Court Erred in Immediately Holding a Final Hearing Without Providing Notice to Wife

  • Blackwelder v. Shugard et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-08-03
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randolph Frails, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Bailey, (R. L. Bailey Law Firm, LLC), Augusta, Kurt Lawton, (Lawton Law Office, LLC), Martinez, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0483

    Court rejects biological father's arguments for custody of three children and affirms final order awarding custody to their maternal grandmother

  • In the Interest of J. R. et al., Children

    Publication Date: 2021-07-29
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney Quarles, (Attorney at Law), Chatsworth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Emily Harris, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Andrew Powell, (Law Office of Andrew Powell), Cohutta, for appellee; Elaine Campbell, Cohutta, William Newsome, (Mitchell & Mithcell P.C.), Dalton, Bryan Rayburn, (Coppedge & Associates, PC), Dalton, for other party,

    Case Number: A21A0347

    Court Properly Found That Domestic Violence Was Committed in Presence of Children and That Appellant Had Substance Abuse Problems Leading to Neglect

  • Cockerham v. Cockerham

    Publication Date: 2021-07-16
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathy Portnoy, (Portnoy, Garner & Nail, LLC), Atlanta, Garrett Nail, (Thompson Hine LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Russell King, Collin Hatcher, (King Yaklin & Wilkins LLP), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0553

    Court vacates modified parenting order and remands for entry of findings of fact and conclusions of law, and affirms award of attorney and guardian ad litem fees

  • Rose v. Clark

    Publication Date: 2021-07-12
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula Free, (Law Office of Paula O'Neal Stewart), Winder, David Thomson, (Beisswenger & Thomson P.A.), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Allen Bodiford, (Attorney at Law), Stockbridge, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0172

    Court affirms contempt finding as to child support payments in a divorce proceeding but vacates an attorney fee award that was not supported by findings of fact or statute

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  • Ernest v. Moffa

    Publication Date: 2021-07-01
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Deal, (Gibson, Deal & Fletcher, P.C.), Peachtree Corners, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory Golden, (Kupferman & Golden), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0269

    Court affirms divorce decree that was entered after a spouse failed to show up for a bench trial in her divorce proceedings

  • Norman et al. v. Xytex Corporation et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-30
    Practice Area: Damages | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James McDonough, (Heninger Garrison Davis, LLC), Atlanta, William Garrison, Brandy Robertson, (Heninger Garrison Davis, LLC), Birmingham, Nancy Hersh, (Hersh & Hersh), San Francisco, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alison Currie, Thomas Lavender, Andrew King, (FisherBroyles, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Timothy Lytton, (Georgia State University College of Law), Atlanta, for AM.

    Case Number: A19A0445

    Court vacates and earlier opinion and remands case for the trial court's determination of which of plaintiff's claims do not derive their injury from the life of their child itself

  • Pryce v. Pryce

    Publication Date: 2021-06-21
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marsha Mignott, (The Mignott Law Group, LLC), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lesia Pryce, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0056

    Court affirms aspects of a divorce decree and vacates and remands other aspects with direction to include a parenting plan in the decree

  • VanVlerah V. VanVlerah

    Publication Date: 2021-06-18
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Long, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Beth Smith, (Smith & Smith), Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0700

    Final Divorce Judgment Lacked Necessary Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law

  • Steedley v. Gilbreth

    Publication Date: 2021-06-17
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J Graddy, (Graddy Law LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Steedley, (Charles J. Steedley PC), Homerville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0356

    Trial Court Must Award Sole Physical and Legal Custody to Mother; Court Was Not Authorized to Enter Joint Custody Arrangement With Grandmother