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  • 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

  • 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

  • In the Interest of K. A. V., a child.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-30
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, Bryan Webb, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Emily Harris, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Robin McCallum, (McCallum & Associates, LLC), Decatur, Laurie Brown, (Gwinnett County DFCS), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Bliss, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Chevelle Douglas, (Vayman & Teitelbaum PC), Alpharetta, Yazmin Sobh, Andrea Landers, (Atlanta Legal Aid Society), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0968

    Juvenile Court Lacked Authority to Sanction Department of Family and Children Services After Juvenile Turned 18

  • In the Interest of K. B., et al., children.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Tucker, (The Law Offices of J Nichole Tucker, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leslie Abbott, (Special Assistant Attorney General), Decatur, Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, Emily Harris, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Jamila Fair, Decatur, for appellee; LaShanda Lennon, (Lennon Family Law LLC), Snellville, April Hall, Austell, Chandra Wilson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Amy Cole, (DeKalb County Child Advocacy Center), Decatur, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0355

    Court rejects a father's challenge to a juvenile court fining that his twin children are dependent, have been neglected, and are in need of court protection

  • In the Interest of K. R., a Child

    Publication Date: 2023-06-08
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bryan Villarreal, (Attorney at Law), Cedartown, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Jennifer Ennerberg, (Public Defenders Office Cherokee Judicial Circuit), Cartersville, Shalen Nelson, Mark Cicero, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee; Evan Stapler, (Attorney at Law), Bremen, Jon Veal, Lisa Dowda, Cedartown, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0570

    S Dependency Finding Was Supported by Evidence Minor Child Was Physically Abused by Her Adoptive Parent

  • In the Interest of N. E. K., a child.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-27
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carlton Nelson, (Attorney at Law), Dublin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Jennifer McComas, (Jennifer T. McComas, P.C.), Vidalia, Emily Harris, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1471

    Court reverses termination of parental rights of both a father and a mother as to their child because the record showed no intent to abandon, or specific harm to the child

  • 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

  • Grimes v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-07-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Woodrow Smith, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Matthew Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Darius Pattillo, Sharon Hopkins, Jodi Spiegel, (Henry County District Attorney’s Office), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0076

    Court reverses order revoking a defendant's probation because that order was based on inadmissible hearsay and defendant's due process rights were violated

  • 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

  • In the Interest of K. L., a Child

    Publication Date: 2022-03-08
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott Shaw, (Shaw Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Emily Harris, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Andy Pham, (Pham Law Office, LLC), Newnan, Homer Jordan, (Law Office of Homer P. Jordan IV), Kennesaw, for appellee; Doris Orleck, (Attorney at Law), Newnan, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A1233

    Court affirms order denying an aunt and uncle's petition for custody of a child because they lacked standing to be adjudicated as equitable caregivers