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  • Willis v. Cheeley

    Publication Date: 2022-04-13
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Trusts and Estates
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig Frankel, Adam Gaslowitz, Luke Caselman, (Gaslowitz Frankel LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Walter Hamberg, (The Hamberg Law Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1730

    Action Not Justiciable Where Resolution of Dispute Would Have No Legal Effect on Parties' Conduct

  • Bethune v. Bethune

    Publication Date: 2022-04-08
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dwight Feemster, (Duffy & Feemster, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Gerard, Robert Lingle, (Oliver Maner LLP), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1659

    Banking Records Predating Effective Date of Power Attorney Were Relevant In Action Challenging Agent's Conduct

  • In Re the Estate of Elinor J. Ferrell

    Publication Date: 2022-03-30
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Deborah Haughton, (Haughton Law, LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jerry Ferrell, College Park, Larry Ferrell, Atlanta, Harold Ferrell, College Park, James Greason, (Attorney at Law), Stone Mountain, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1361

    Court reverses denial of motion for attorney fees from individuals who filed a caveat to the probate of a will where those individuals failed to show evidence for their caveat

  • Daniel v. Daniel

    Publication Date: 2022-03-29
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel Rusbridge, (Dyer & Rusbridge, P.C.), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Burns, (Burns Law Group, PC), Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0164

    Contempt Cannot Be Used as Punishment For Failure to Pay Court Order to Pay Money Damages

  • In Re the Estate of Joyce Marie Plybon, Deceased

    Publication Date: 2022-03-18
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason Graham, (Graham Legal, LLC), Atlanta, Robert Kozloski, (Parks Chesin & Walbert, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Hughes, Robert Stuckey, (Robert W. Hughes & Associates, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1740

    Probate Court Had Jurisdiction to Construe and Enforce Consent Order Between Heirs to Decedent's Estate

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  • In Re Estate of Curvan

    Publication Date: 2022-03-11
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin O'Sullivan, (Cohen Pollock Merlin Turner P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sharon Lavant, Stockbridge, for appellee; Allen Bodiford, (Attorney at Law), Stockbridge, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A1435

    Court reverses probate court's summary judgment order ruling on a decedent's last will because of factual issues raised by existence of a second will

  • In Re The Estate of Jeffcoat

    Publication Date: 2021-12-10
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eleisha Pate, Riverdale, for appellant.
    for defendant: Shauna Jeffcoat, Riverdale, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1569

    Court affirms probate court order appointing a county administrator as estate executor rather than the individual executor named in the decedent's will

  • Spillers v. Brinson et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-12-03
    Practice Area: Evidence | Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Cox, (Charles E. Cox, Jr., LLC), Macon, Jerry Lumley, (Lumley and Harper, LLC.), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Lawson, Robert Tuggle, (Daniel, Lawson, Tuggle & Jerles, LLP), Perry, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0837

    Court affirms denial of summary judgment motion where lay opinion testimony established an issue of material fact as to the authenticity of an insurance beneficiary form

  • Kawanna Brown as the Administrator of The Estate of Jeronta Brown, Deceased et al. v. Quiggley et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-09-27
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harry Daniels, (Daniels and Cauble, P.C.), Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Laura Johnson, (Chief Assistant County Attorney Dekalb County Law Department), Decatur, Dennis Lovell, Jay O'Brien, (Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, LLP), Atlanta, Rebecca Dobras, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, Ellen Abt, (Kendall Law Group, LLC), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1150

    Court affirms dismissal of an estate's appeal where the estate unreasonably and inexcusably failed to file a transcript of trial court proceedings for more than two years

  • In Re Estate of Mary Elese Reece

    Publication Date: 2021-08-09
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Neel, (Neel Law Firm), Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Smith, (Moore, Ingram, Johnson & Steele), Marietta, James Henson, Chattanooga, Catherine Farrell, Estate of Jack C. Henson, Powder Springs, Connie Petty, Calhoun, Sherrie Nalbandian, Kennesaw, Linda Baggett, Mableton, Raymond Henson, Estate of Jack C. Henson, Douglasville, Stanley Henson, Rome, Donna Bradshaw, Adairsville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0513

    Court dismisses Estate's appeal over an order denying attorney fee payments because it has no jurisdiction to consider that appeal