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  • In The Interest of R. B. et al., children.

    Publication Date: 2018-08-06
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carolyn Altman (Altman Law Firm), Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Calandra Harps (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta; Christopher Carr (Attorney General), Atlanta; Gretchen Howard (Jahn & Associates), Atlanta; Shalen Nelson (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee. Talia Nurse, Robert Kunz (Attorney at Law), Douglasville; Deidre Ricks (The Ricks Law Firm LLC), Douglasville, for other party.
    Case Number: A18A0263

    Juvenile Court Erred in Removing Children From Parental Custody Without Following Guidelines, Making Findings, or Holding Hearing

  • King v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-07-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Tarleton (The Appellate Division - GPDC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston (DeKalb County District Attorney), Decatur; Gerald Mason (DeKalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0182

    The trial court erroneously admitted evidence of defendant's prior conviction at his trial for aggravated child molestation and sexual battery and the Court thus reversed defendant's convictions and remanded for a new trial.

  • Morton v. Macatee

    Publication Date: 2018-06-14
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary Durant (Attorney at Law), Tucker; Brad Evans (Attorney at Law), Madison, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Huskins (The Huskins Law Firm), Eatonton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0514

    Trial Court's Order Altering Amount and Method of Money Payment Constituted Unauthorized Modification of Divorce Decree

  • In The Interest Of R. S. T., a child.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-01
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Jeffrey (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr (Attorney General), Atlanta; Penny Hannah (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta; Shalen Nelson (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellant. William Collins (Smith, Collins & Fletcher, P.A.), Atlanta; Nigel Davis (Attorney at Law), Atlanta; Karen Pulliam (Guardian Ad Litem), Decatur, for other party.
    Case Number: A17A1595

    Termination of Parental Rights Not Supported By Clear and Convincing Evidence of Harm to Child

  • Belcher v. State

    Publication Date: 2018-03-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Peil (Huggins Peil LLC), Evans, for appellant.
    for defendant: Randal McGinley (Newton County District Attorney's Office), Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1982

    The evidence supported defendant's convictions for armed robbery, kidnapping with bodily injury, hijacking a motor vehicle, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, financial-transaction-card fraud, battery and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon during a crime and the trial court did not reversibly err in admitting certain evidence regarding a co-defendant's father's attempt to bribe the victim.

  • Roberts v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-02-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon Lewis (Attorney at Law), Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anna Cross (County District Attorney's Office), Decatur; Sherry Boston (DeKalb County District Attorney), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1608

    The evidence supported defendant's convictions for violating the Georgia RICO Act, identity fraud, financial-transaction-card fraud and exploitation of an elder person arising out of a scheme in which she called senior citizens, claimed that she was a representative of a power company, and informed them that their utility bill had not been paid and that their power would be cut off if they did not provide her with credit card, bank account or other personal and financial information, which she then used to obtain cash or buy things.

  • In the interest of E. G. L. B. et al., children.

    Publication Date: 2017-10-11
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney Quarles (Attorney at Law), Chatsworth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr (Attorney General), Atlanta; Dennis Dunn (Deputy Attorney General), Atlanta; Penny Hannah (Assistant Attorney General), Cynthia Johnson (Johnson Law PC), Cohutta; Shalen Nelson (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A0881

    There was not clear and convincing evidence supporting the juvenile court's order terminating father's parental rights to his two minor children and the Court of Appeals thus vacated the order.