• King v. King, Jr.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-06
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald R. Andersen, (Skinner Law Group), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael T. Fackler, John C.W. Cherneski, (Miliam Howard Nicandri & Gilliam, P.A.), Jacksonville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23Q0105

    Court determines that if a confidential relationship creates a duty to disclose, failure to adhere to that duty may constitute a breach of a fiduciary duty

  • Colclough v. Georgia Department of Human Services et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-05-25
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Bliss, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Sarah Austin, (Atlanta Legal Aid Society), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Jason Naunas, Shalen Nelson, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Ladonya Horton, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, Gregory Weaver, Lithonia, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0721

    Court affirms order finding that a child's father is entitled to an overpayment of his child support obligations and remands for consideration of future VA benefits

  • Velazquez v. Perez

    Publication Date: 2023-05-24
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Manely, William King, (The Manely Firm, P.C.), Marietta, Kaitie Ruhl-Pirone, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anne Thompson de Magana, (Stearns-Montgomery & Proctor), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0297

    Court affirms divorce decree, child support and spousal support awards, and division of marital assets, but reverses and remands on issues of distributions of certain debts

  • Wiggins v. Rogers

    Publication Date: 2023-04-21
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Beverly Cohen, (Attorney at Law), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sean Whitworth, (Law Offices of Sean R. Whitworth LLC), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0110

    Court affirms modified order awarding primary physical custody to a mother in a divorce case but reverses a child support award that deviated from statutory norms

  • Wright v. Wright

    Publication Date: 2023-04-11
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Molly Sutter, (Georgia Legal Services Program), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Dodgen, (Attorney at Law), Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1586

    Court reverses judgment of contempt against a husband, finding that he had not willfully failed to make payments of alimony or other court-ordered expenses

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  • Boomer v. Boomer

    Publication Date: 2023-04-07
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Klein, (Attorney at Law), Harlem, for appellant.
    for defendant: Shawn Hammond, (Attorney at Law), Evans, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0393

    Court affirms in part and reverses in part a trial court finding that a spouse misappropriated certain funds for calculations of a division of a marital estate in a divorce

  • In the Interest of N. E. K., a child.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-27
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carlton Nelson, (Attorney at Law), Dublin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Jennifer McComas, (Jennifer T. McComas, P.C.), Vidalia, Emily Harris, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1471

    Court reverses termination of parental rights of both a father and a mother as to their child because the record showed no intent to abandon, or specific harm to the child

  • In the Interest of M. J. H., a Child

    Publication Date: 2023-03-24
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carlos Solomiany, (Ross & Pines LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Attorney General), Atlanta, April Hall, Austell, Emily Harris, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1385

    Court vacates order that would have sent a minor child back to Guatemala because the juvenile court considered facts that were not in the record in making that order

  • Anderson v. Cribbs

    Publication Date: 2023-03-20
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Divida Gude, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Chad Cribbs, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1225

    Court affirmed father's petition for legitimation of a minor child over mother's arguments regarding drug testing, parenting plan, and child support

  • In re: Estate of Bette Dwoskin Kurtzman

    Publication Date: 2023-03-13
    Practice Area: Family Law | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Deutsch, (McCurdy and Candler, LLC,), Decatur, Benjamin Pierman, (Harrison & Held, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephanie Graham, (The Law Office of Stephanie P. Graham, LLC), Atlanta, Fred Slotkin, (Slotkin Law Firm), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0399

    Court reverses probate court's appointment of a guardian and conservator and remands for application of the proper analysis for that appointment