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  • 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 K. M.

    Publication Date: 2007-04-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James K. Luttrell, Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Dana M. Thompson, Canton, for appellee. Other party representation: James E. Drane III and Gregory T. Douds Flint & Connolly, LLP, Canton.
    Case Number: A07A0139

    The mother moved 12 times in three years, did not visit her children for 14 months, had no phone or transportation, failed to pay child support, did not undergo required substance abuse assessment a

  • In the Interest of K. L. H.

    Publication Date: 2006-09-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nathan E. Jackson and James J. Anagnostakis The Law Office of James Anagnostakis, Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wayne D. Keaton, Dallas, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1206

    The juvenile court had jurisdiction over the deprivation action, even though the allegations were raised by the non-custodial parent, since there were unchallenged, valid allegations of deprivation

  • In the Interest of S. K. K.

    Publication Date: 2006-08-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Claudia J. Bolin, Darien, Robert H. Baer, Brunswick and Craig T. Pearson Public Defender's Office, Hinesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John T. Durden Jr., District Attorney, Claira E. Mitcham, Assistant District Attorney, and Angel L. Blair District Attorney's Office, Hinesville for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1258

    Reasonable evidence authorized the juvenile court to believe that the juveniles committed the delinquent acts of arson, attempted murder and criminal trespass to authorize the transfer of their case

  • Mabra v. Deutsche Bank & Trust Co. Americas f/k/a Bankers Trust Co.

    Publication Date: 2006-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey H. Schneider and Scott A. Johnson Weissman, Nowack, Curry & Wilco PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John E. Robinson and Gregory H. Blazer McLarty, Robinson & Van Voorhies LLP, Decatur, for appellees.
    Case Number: A05A1890

    The defendant was a bona fide purchaser for value, since the quitclaim deed that the plaintiff's husband forged that purported to transfer the plaintiff's interest in her marital home to her husband

  • In the Interest of K. A. P.

    Publication Date: 2006-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael S. Webb, Assistant Public Defender, Chatsworth, and Bentley C. Adams III Public Defender's Office, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rodney Q. Quarles, Chatsworth, and Philip F. Woodward, Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A2332

    The 25-year-old mother has used drugs since she was 13, she was under the infl of drugs at the termination hearing and she physically threatened her child and his siblings while under the infl

  • In the Interest of K. N. C. et al, children

    Publication Date: 2003-12-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sheryl D. Fambrough, Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tony D. Coy, Athens, for appellee. Other party representation: David F. Dickinson Dickinson, Mixson & Willis, Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1865

    Juvenile court was proper forum to adjudicate custodial grandmother's petition to terminate the mother's parental rights to two of her chi