• Newsome v. Graham

    Publication Date: 2022-09-08
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wehman Newsome, (Office of the Appellate Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nicholas Martin, (Martin DeMelfi, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Donald Horace, (Law Office of Donald S. Horace, Esq), for other party.

    Case Number: A22A0799

    Court affirms denial of a motion to dismiss a petition for child custody modification and an order enforcing a settlement agreement regarding payment of fees and expenses

  • In the Interest of K. P., a Child

    Publication Date: 2022-09-08
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amber Walden, (The Fine Print Legal Consulting, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Emily Harris, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Whitney Kenner Jones, (Kenner Jones Law LLC), Douglasville, for appellee; Valerie Gordon, (Douglas County Juvenile Court - Juvenile Public), Douglasville, Ann Mathis, Douglasville, Randy Duke, Douglasville.

    Case Number: A22A0921

    Court reverses finding of mootness that was used to justify denial of a motion to vacate a protective order and remands for consideration of the merits of the motion

  • Skelton v. Skelton

    Publication Date: 2022-08-15
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Vic Hill, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy O’Connell, (Ellis, Painter, Ratterree & Adams, LLP), Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0718

    Court affirms order modifying child custody award after trial court cut off appellant's cross-examination because appellant could not show how effect on her case

  • Torres v. Torres

    Publication Date: 2022-08-05
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nancy Jordan, (Kessler & Solomiany), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Ward, (The Ward Law Firm, PA), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0507

    Court reverses order modifying a divorce decree to order an even division of military retirement benefits because no procedural mechanism supported that modification

  • Nelson v. McKenzie

    Publication Date: 2022-07-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrea Pawlak, (Schulten Ward & Turner, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alyson Lembeck, (Ellis Funk, P.C.), Atlanta, Juliette Lavallee, (Western Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Athens, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0199

    Court reverses order that modified a father's child support payments due to errors in calculating his income and in evaluating educational expenses

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  • Berg v. Beaver

    Publication Date: 2022-07-12
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Torin Togut, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Marcy Hanks, (Foster, Hanks & Ballard, LLC), Monroe, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0252

    Court affirms order imputing income to one parent in an order modifying child support where that parent provided only vague evidence of self-employment income

  • Claybrooks v. Claybrooks

    Publication Date: 2022-06-30
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Divida Gude, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Melanie Prehodka, (Stearns-Montgomery & Proctor), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0413

    Court affirms a finding of willful contempt for failure to pay child support but vacates awards of attorney fees and interest

  • Bowman v. Rouse

    Publication Date: 2022-06-29
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jacquelyn Luther, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Barbara Evans, (Bre Law, LLC), Duluth, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0380

    Court affirms modification of child support and parenting order, but vacates arrearages calculation and remands for further consideration,.

  • In the Interest of D. C. et al., Children

    Publication Date: 2022-06-27
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Camellia Moore, (The Moore-Manna Law Office LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Karimah Boston, (Public Defender's Office - Atlanta Judicial Circuit), Atlanta, Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Robert Hall, (Attorney at Law), Alpharetta, Emily Harris, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Mark Brooks, Atlanta, for appellee; Derwin Davis, (Davis Law, LLC), Conyers, Karen Pulliam, (Fulton County Juvenile Court), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A22A0525

    Court reverses non-reunification order and remands for consideration of statutory conditions for reunification of dependent children with their father

  • In the Interest of K. K., a Child

    Publication Date: 2022-06-27
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karimah Boston, (Public Defender's Office - Atlanta Judicial Circuit), Atlanta, Abdulhakim Saadiq, (Saadiq & Associates, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Calandra Harps, Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Ramona Condell, (Office of the Child Attorney, Fulton County), Atlanta, Mark Brooks, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0400

    Court vacates dependency order and remands case for juvenile court to enter a new order addressing whether parental unfitness has been demonstrated to support dependency