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  • In the Interest of K. A. B.

    Publication Date: 2007-06-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donna A. Seagraves, Jefferson, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Elizabeth M. Williamson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Jeffrey K. Williams, Gainesville, for appellee. Other party representation: Victoria M. Moore Piedmont Judicial Circuit Guardian Ad Litem, Jefferson.
    Case Number: A07A1228

    The mother had a history of drug use, she failed to seek mental health treatment for her psychological issues, she was unemployed, she did not enroll in GED classes until the state filed its termina

  • In the Interest of K. M.

    Publication Date: 2007-04-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James K. Luttrell, Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Dana M. Thompson, Canton, for appellee. Other party representation: James E. Drane III and Gregory T. Douds Flint & Connolly, LLP, Canton.
    Case Number: A07A0139

    The mother moved 12 times in three years, did not visit her children for 14 months, had no phone or transportation, failed to pay child support, did not undergo required substance abuse assessment a

  • In the Interest of D. N. K.

    Publication Date: 2006-12-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nathan A. Hayes, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Charissa A. Ruel, Assistant Attorney General, and Lytia G. Brown, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Antavius M. Weems, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A06A1489

    The evidence failed to show that the mother's 4-year-old son had a developmental disability or special needs, which the mother was incapable of me

  • In the Interest of K. J. M.

    Publication Date: 2006-11-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stacy S. Garguilo, Atlanta, and David J. Koontz Law Office of Dennis C. O'Brien, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Charissa A. Ruel and Sanders B. Deen, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Kevin J. Rogers, Smyrna, and R. Stacy Hylton, Marietta.
    Case Number: A06A2208

    The older child suffered multiple unexplained fractures of his ribs and legs and the younger child cried uncontrollably during scheduled visitation with her m

  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-09-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce K. Gray, Jefferson, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy G. Madison, District Attorney, Jefferson, and Robin R. Riggs, Assistant District Attorney, Winder, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1186

    The victim testified that when she was 13 years old, the defendant forcibly placed his penis in her vagina and made two or three painful thrusts as she fought hi

  • In the Interest of K. L. H.

    Publication Date: 2006-09-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nathan E. Jackson and James J. Anagnostakis The Law Office of James Anagnostakis, Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wayne D. Keaton, Dallas, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1206

    The juvenile court had jurisdiction over the deprivation action, even though the allegations were raised by the non-custodial parent, since there were unchallenged, valid allegations of deprivation

  • In the Interest of S. K. K.

    Publication Date: 2006-08-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Claudia J. Bolin, Darien, Robert H. Baer, Brunswick and Craig T. Pearson Public Defender's Office, Hinesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John T. Durden Jr., District Attorney, Claira E. Mitcham, Assistant District Attorney, and Angel L. Blair District Attorney's Office, Hinesville for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1258

    Reasonable evidence authorized the juvenile court to believe that the juveniles committed the delinquent acts of arson, attempted murder and criminal trespass to authorize the transfer of their case

  • In the Interest of E. K.

    Publication Date: 2006-08-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alfonza Whitaker Whitaker & Whitaker, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Charissa A. Ruel, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1302

    The father had a history of incarceration for most of the child's life, he failed to support the child, he did not exercise his visitation rights, he showed little interest in the child and he could

  • In the Interest of K. L.

    Publication Date: 2006-08-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George P. Govignon Bailey & Assocs. and William R. Thompson Jr., Calhoun, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Charissa A. Ruel, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Lorie A. Moss, Calhoun, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1563

    Clear and convincing evidence supported a finding that the continued deprivation of the mother's special-needs children would cause them serious

  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-07-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John K. Gross, Metter, for appellant.
    for defendant: William S. Askew, Swainsboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0355

    The trial court erred in denying the defendant a he on his motion for new trial, since a he on the motion was scheduled and defendant took no action to waive or abandon the he