• U.S. v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2024-06-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard J. Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Micah F. Fergenson, Karl Metzner, Assistant United States Attorneys, for Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Winston M. Paes, Isabela Garcez, McCahey Townsend, Katherine Stein, Beatrice A. Walton Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 20-3044

    Reduced Sentence Motion Was Denied on Independent Grounds; Discretion Not Abused

  • In the Interest of K. G. V., a Child

    Publication Date: 2024-04-18
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Darice Good, (Darice M. Good, LLC d.b.a Good Legal Firm, LLC), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Janelle Williams, (Georgia Wills and Trust), Atlanta, Karen Vandenberg, Lawrenceville, for appellee; LeAnne Hicks, (The Chancey Law Firm, PC), Braselton, Linda McKinley, (Attorney at Law), Winder for other party; James Outman, (Law Office of James B. Outman, LLC), Atlanta, for AM.

    Case Number: A23A1299

    Court vacates denial of maternal grandmother's petition for adoption and remands the case for reevaluation of the child's best interests in view of parental abandonment

  • Conservatorship of the Person of K.Y.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeal, 1st District
    Judge: Justice Goldman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A166825

    Requests for extensions of time on appeal from one-year civil commitment order may compromise appellate court's ability to adjudicate appeal before it becomes moot

  • N.M. v. W.K.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeal, 1st District
    Judge: Presiding Justice Tucher
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A168081

    Relevant statutes did not entitle respondent to continuance of DVRO hearing

  • F.K. v. Superior Court

    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeal, 2nd District
    Judge: Justice Baltodano
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: B333788

    Dependency court errs prejudicially in applying 12-month review standards at six-month review hearing

  • In the Interest of K. M., et al., Children (Mother)

    Publication Date: 2024-02-22
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Coleman Brice, (C. Brice Law, LLC), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Charles Reddick, (Charles R. Reddick, P.C.), Homerville, Shalen Nelson, Atlanta, Emily Harris, Atlanta, Bryan Rumker, (Bryan Rumker Attorney at Law, LLC), Douglas, for appellee; John Edwards, (Attorney at Law), Valdosta, for Other party.

    Case Number: A23A1311

    Court reverses juvenile court's dependency order for lack of clear and convincing evidence of abuse or neglect

  • U.S. v. Sims

    Publication Date: 2024-02-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Myrna Perez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Emmet O'Hanlon, Assistant United States Attorney for Carla B. Freedman, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, Albany, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: James P. Egan, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender's Office, Northern District of New York, Syracuse, NY.

    Case Number: 21-3015

    Court's Reasoning for Special Condition Inadequately Explained, Not Supported by Record

  • In re K.B.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeal, 3rd District
    Judge: Justice Boulware Eurie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: C098376

    Juvenile probationer's commission of infraction no bar to dismissal of wardship petition and sealing of records

  • In re A.K.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-05
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeal, 3rd District
    Judge: Justice Boulware Eurie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: C097776

    Dependent minor's biological father improperly deprived of notice and opportunity to participate in dependency proceedings

  • In re K.B.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-22
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Rights | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Triana
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 03-23-00615-CV

    In 2022, real party in interest Texas Department of Family and Protective Services filed an original petition to terminate relator's parental rights to her son.