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  • Ross v. Ross

    Publication Date: 2017-10-04
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason G. Smith (Attorney at Law), Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick Joseph Fox (McNally, Fox, Grant & Davenport, P.C.), Fayetteville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A0799

    The trial court erred in finding that it had jurisdiction to modify a Connecticut child support order as Connecticut had continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over the child support order because husband was still a resident of Connecticut and neither party had provided written consent for a Georgia tribunal to exercise jurisdiction over the matter.

  • Lockamy v. Lockamy

    Publication Date: 2017-10-02
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Garnett Harrison, Jacqueline NiCole Fortier (Garnett Harrison PC), Kingsland, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Allen Sanders, Jr. (Andrews & Sanders Law Offices), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A0966

    The trial court erred in granting wife's motion to reform a divorce decree because she untimely filed the motion more than six years after the entry of the judgment.

  • Bennett v. Etheridge

    Publication Date: 2017-10-02
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Thelston Mosley II (Drew Mosley LLC), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dexter Maynard Wimbish (Attorney at Law), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A0762

    The habeas court erred in dismissing appellant's motion for new trial following an order discharging the payment of restitution and any arrearage for back child support by the purported biological father of appellant's minor child because, contrary to the habeas court's conclusion, appellant had standing to challenge the court's judgment.