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  • Fiffee v. Jiggetts

    Publication Date: 2020-03-16
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Riddle, (Law Offices of R. Krannert Riddle, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven Blackerby, (Brown, Readdick, Bumgartner), Brunswick, Denise Esserman, (Attorney at Law), Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0131

    Trial Court's Custody Modification Order Must Be Set Aside Because Faxed Notice of Hearing on Father's Motion to Modify Custody Did Not Satisfy Statutory Requirements

  • Hines v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-03-16
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Betsey Tate, (Georgia Public Defender Council - Appellate Division), Americus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julia Slater, Frederick Lewis, (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2405

    Trial Court Improperly Allowed State to Introduce Evidence of DFCS Investigation Into Child's Injuries, Child's Placement, and DFCS Safety Plan

  • Sponsler v. Sponsler et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-03-13
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Erika Heath, (Erika Heath, Attorney At Law), San Francisco, for appellant.
    for defendant: Eric Ballinger, (Attorney at Law), Canton, Margaret Washburn, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, April Sponsler, Stone Mountain, John O'Brien, (Thompson, O'Brien, Kemp & Nasuti, P.C.), Norcross, Viraj Deshmukh (Thompson, O'Brien, Kemp & Nasuti, P.C.), Peachtree Corners, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2282

    In Light of Reversal of Prior Appeal in Underlying Divorce Action, Trial Court Erred in Failing to Grant Ex-Husband Reimbursement for HELOC Payments

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

    Publication Date: 2020-03-10
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Duncan Munn, (Attorney Duncan Munn LLC), Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, W. Hawkins, (Attorney at Law), Forsyth, Kelly Campanella, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, Shalen Nelson, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2239

    Mother's Parental Rights Should Be Terminated; She Is Unable to Care for Her Children Due to Her Illegal Drug Use

  • Wilson v. Guerrero

    Publication Date: 2020-02-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Vanessa Kosky Narea, (The Law Office of Vanessa Kosky, PC), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebeca Salmon, (Attorney at Law), Norcross, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2475

    Court vacates attorney fee and child support awards because trial court provided no basis or clear explanation of the awards.

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  • Mitchell v. Capehart

    Publication Date: 2020-02-07
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chad Greer, (VanLanduyt Giles Greer, LLC), Decatur, Denise VanLanduyt, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, appellant.
    for defendant: Onyema Farrey, (Anene Farrey & Associates, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2139

    Trial Court Was Not Authorized to Dismiss Custody Modification Petition

  • In the Interest of C. B., a child.

    Publication Date: 2020-01-21
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George Lawson, (Lawson & Thornton), Atlanta, Teresa Mann, (Attorney at Law), East Point, for appellant.
    for defendant: Onyema Farrey, (Anene Farrey & Associates, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2269

    Car Court Properly Issued Order of Parentage, Pursuant to Option of Adoption Act, to Mother Who Had Child Through IVF

  • White v. Georgia Department of Human Services

    Publication Date: 2020-01-10
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence Stockton, (Attorney at Law), Clayton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Penny Hannah, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Richard Highsmith, (The Highsmith Law Firm, PC), Cornelia, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2335

    DFCS Should Not Have Included Mother's Name on Central Child Abuse Registry; Mother's Use of Marijuana While Pregnant Is Not 'Prenatal Abuse'

  • Enlow v. Enlow

    Publication Date: 2019-12-23
    Practice Area: Deals and Transactions | Family Law
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Louis Cohan, Michelle Wein, Ellis Liu, (Cohan Law Group, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Glen Enlow, Wrightsville, for appellee. John Burns, (Burns Law Group, PC), Canton, for AM.
    Case Number: A19A1074

    Court vacates summary judgment and rules that the Uniform Voidable Transactions Act may be used to set aside a voidable transfer in a divorce decree

  • Mashburn v. Mashburn

    Publication Date: 2019-12-23
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel Robinson, (Wolford & Robinson), Chattanooga, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rickie Brown, (Attorney at Law), Dalton, Julia Hill, (The Law Office of Rick Brown), Dalton, for appellee. Joel Thames, (Attorney at Law), Dalton, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A1616

    Trial Court Must Consider Recent Evidence Relevant to Questions of Mother's Visitation and Parenting Plan