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  • In the Interest of K. B.

    Publication Date: 2002-01-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Goldberg, Williamson, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, and W. Ashley Hawkins, Special Assistant Attorney General, Forsyth, for appellee. Other party representation: Wilson H. Bush Bush & Smith, and Juliet K. Rowell, Jackson.
    Case Number: A01A2421

    Parental rights of putative father terminated where he failed to legitimate the provided no financial support and did not contact the

  • In the Interest of K. S. K.

    Publication Date: 2002-01-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen E. Garner Murphy, Murphy & Garner, Bremen, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, Ana M. Rountree, Dallas, and Thomas M. Witcher, Bremen, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0360

    Clear and convincing evidence supported the termination of the mother's parental rights where she attempted suicide while pregnant with the child, gave birth to the child while in prison and was add

  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-08-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Monte K. Davis, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn R. Keyes, Solicitor General, and Theresa S. Starkes, Assistant Solicitor General, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0576

    Defense counsel waived defendant's right to automatic discharge and dismissal by seeking multiple leaves of absence and consenting to have defendant's trial date reset outside of the allowable time p

  • In the Interest of S.K. and F.K.

    Publication Date: 2001-03-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Don T. Lyles, Thomasville, and James R. Smith Jr. Smith, Hannan & Parker PC, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Daniel M. Mitchell Jr., Special Assistant Attorney General, Quitman, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2259, A00A2260

    The juvenile court had discretion under O.C.G.A. § 15-11-32 and 15-11-87 to deny the mother's motion for an independent psychological examination of the chi

  • In re Sellers

    Publication Date: 2001-03-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Agrippa K. Long III, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark N. Stephen The Law Complex, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1894

    The probate court had authority to approve the creation of a trust for the benefit of an incapacitated woman after the court authorized her guardian to settle her personal injury

  • Tunarka v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-02-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Forrest K. Shealy, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Maria B. Golick and Dana J. Norman, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2084

    The state failed to prove venue for the alleged drug c

  • In the Interest of B.K.M.

    Publication Date: 2001-02-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lydia J. Sartain, District Attorney, and Kimberly A. Homer, Assistant District Attorney, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: David A. Fox Thompson, Fox, Joliff, Chandler & Homans, Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2508, A00A2509

    A detailed description of the juveniles and their car, as well as the general timeframe and vicinity in which the crimes allegedly occurred, was sufficient evidence to justify a Terry

  • Bassett v. Harrington

    Publication Date: 2001-02-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric K. Maxwell, Fayetteville, for appellant.
    for defendant: William M. Amos Sharon W. Ware & Associates, Richard W. Kelley, Atlanta, and E. Gilmore Maxwell Smith, Welch, Studdard & Brittain, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1826

    The plaintiff could not sue her husband for the injuries she sustained in an accident, even though she filed her suit before they were ma

  • Jorisch v. Rhythm Festival Inc. a/k/a Rhythm Fest

    Publication Date: 2001-02-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula Jorisch, Washington, D.C., proceeded pro se. Thomas D. Trask, Noah H. Pines Dennis, Corry & Porter LLP, J. Franklin Burns and Christine A. Carson Gorby, Reeves, Peters & Burns, Atlanta, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A00A2122

    A company that rented modified vans for use in transporting disabled passengers did not provide specified public transportation service or operate a demand responsive or fixed route system with the

  • In the Interest of K.J.T.

    Publication Date: 2000-12-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Caroline A. Cormack and Billy C. Mathis Jr. Mathis Law Offices, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth B. Hodges III, District Attorney, and Gregory W. Edwards, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0936

    The trial court prematurely transferred the juvenile's case to superior court based on inconclusive evidence as to whether the juvenile should be committed to a mental instit