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  • Pollack v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-11-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
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    Case Number: A08A1453

    Since the officers smelled raw marijuana when they opened the door of the defendant's car with his consent and the defendant admitted that he was on parole, his 43-minute detention while the off

  • In the Interest of D. W.

    Publication Date: 2008-10-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
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    Case Number: A08A0899

    The mother had a history of unrehabilitated drug use, she failed to comply with her reunification plan for over a year, she failed to pay support and did not have a parental bond with the

  • In the Interest of A. S.

    Publication Date: 2008-10-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
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    Case Number: A08A1004

    The trial court's statement that ' "there is clear and convincing evidence" ' to adjudicate uvenile delinquent on a charge of child molestation raised a question of whethe

  • In the Interest of A. G.

    Publication Date: 2008-09-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
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    Case Number: A08A0942; A08A1152

    The mother's history of criminal behavior and drug use, her admission that she had no bond with her youngest child and her failure to pay child support, supported the termination of her parental

  • In the Interest of K. E. A.

    Publication Date: 2008-07-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
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    Case Number: A08A0594

    Evidence that the putative father has no relationship with the child, he failed to legitimate the child and the child has been in DFACS' custody since October 2004, supported the termination of

  • In the Interest of J. K.

    Publication Date: 2008-06-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
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    Case Number: A08A0097

    The mother failed to complete any of her case plan requirements, did not stay in regular contact with DFACS or her children and paid no child su

  • In the Interest of B. A.

    Publication Date: 2008-06-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
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    Case Number: A08A0083

    The mother completely failed to comply with her reunification case plan for over one

  • Shell v. Teachers Retirement Sys. of Ga.

    Publication Date: 2008-06-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
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    Case Number: A08A0661

    Georgia law requires payment of applicable Teachers Retirement System of Georgia retirement benefits to the last-filed beneficiary designation, which in this case was the decedent's ex-wife, not

  • Simmons v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-06-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
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    Case Number: A08A0225

    The evidence, including the defendant's own inculpatory statements, supported his child molestation convic

  • Levy v. Reiner

    Publication Date: 2008-04-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
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    Case Number: A07A2006

    The plaintiff did not show that an exception to the general rule prohibiting direct actions applies to this case, where there are other shareholders, who are not parties to his suit claiming that th