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  • In the Interest of M.D.

    Publication Date: 2000-07-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Derek M. Wright The Wright Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen A. Sgrosso, Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorneys General, Robert E. Hall Rubin, Winter, Rapoport & Hall, Atlanta, and Sanders B. Deen, Assistant Attorney General, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1367

    Regardless of whether the mother's mental illness was likely to continue, her failure to cooperate with DFACS until six months after the termination petition was filed and her failure to support or

  • In the Interest of D.M. and D.M.

    Publication Date: 2000-07-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher E. Ringue and Bobby G. Adkins Jr., Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen A. Sgrosso and Sanders B. Deen, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: James K. Knight Jr., Cathy B. Lerow and David C. Butler, Marietta.
    Case Number: A00A0096, A00A0097

    The biological father lost all r to his twins when he failed to file a petition to legitimate them within 30 days of receiving notice of the petition to terminate his parental r

  • Jakel v. Fountainhead Dev. Corp. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-06-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard C. Bellows, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark W. Alexander Stewart, Melvin & Frost, Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1239

    The contract entered into by plaintiff and subdivision developer was not an option contract, since it did not bind the developer to sell the lots to plaintiff, describe the property with particulari

  • Southern Waters Dev. Inc. v. Thomas R. Hopson-Broker Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-06-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Emmett C. Touchstone Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . James C. Busch, Chad K. Reed and Richard A. Hull Jackel, Rainey, Marsh & Busch LLC, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0264

    Since it did not provide detailed calculations to show that defendant owed $33,534, plaintiff did not show that it was entitled to summary judgment in that a

  • McFadden v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-06-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley W. Schoolcraft III, Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, Bonnie K. Smith and Lalaine A. Briones, Assistant District Attorneys, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1148

    The trial court had authority to determine the sufficiency of the factual basis of the defendant's guilty plea, in part, through the state's att

  • In the Interest of S.T., K.T. and M.T.

    Publication Date: 2000-06-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas J. Gustinella, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen A. Sgrosso, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, John R. Strother III Duffy, Feemster & Lewis LLC and Linda J. Carter, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1245

    The mother's failure to comply with her case plan, her voluntary absence from her children, and her inability to support her children or provide a home for them clearly supported the finding that te

  • Adams v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-06-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harold A. Sturdivant and Michele K. Ogletree Sullivan & Sturdivant, Griffin, for appellant.
    for defendant: William T. McBroom III, District Attorney, and Daniel A. Hiatt, Assistant District Attorney, Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0178

    Defendant's unequivocal confession that his was the principal actor in the robbery undermined his subsequent argument that his confession was not voluntary because he feared reprisal from his

  • Welch v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-06-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harold A. Sturdivant and Michele K. Ogletree Sullivan & Sturdivant, Griffin, for appellant.
    for defendant: William T. McBroom III, District Attorney, and Daniel A. Hiatt, Assistant District Attorney, Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0572

    Forensic evidence and the victim's unequivocal identification of defendant was sufficient to prove he was the att

  • Atlanta Cas. Co. v. Boatwright

    Publication Date: 2000-06-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kimberly K. Nagy and Frederick M. Valz III Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ronald A. Lowry, Marietta, for appellees. Other party representation: John E. Robinson and Gregory H. Blazer McLarty, Robinson & Van Voorhies LLP, Decatur, William P. Tinkler Jr., Decatur, Kristine J. Moschella, Stephen L. Cotter Swift, Currie, McGhee & Heirs, and Karsten Bicknese, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A00A0201

    Jury questions remain as to whether the insurer properly canceled tortfeasor's insurance contract for failure to pay insurance pre

  • Dennard v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-06-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank H. Childs Jr. Groover & Childs, and Amy Dever, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kelly R. Burke, District Attorney, and Katherine E. Kelley, Assistant District Attorney, Perry, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0606

    The indictment against defendant was not perfect in form since it did not identify the v