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Military benefits as marital property
The Supreme Court of Georgia recently made a ruling that has the potential to affect every member of the military going through a divorce and dividing assets. In Michel v. Michel, the parties were ...read more
Responsive pleading required to get notice of final divorce hearing
In divorce and other family law cases, it is very important to follow the letter of the law in filing pleadings with the court so that you do not miss out on any hearings or other notices. In a ...read more
Can the paternity of a child born during a marriage be challenged?
Paternity testing during a divorce case is not extremely common, but this issue does arise. The Georgia Court of Appeals recently affirmed a trial court's denial of a mother's motion to compel ...read more
Custody and Relocation
The Supreme Court of Georgia recently affirmed a case from Gwinnett County Superior Court regarding relocation and child custody. Almon-Davis v. Davis, 286 Ga. 456 (2010). In that divorce case, both ...read more
Evidence in appeal of custody award
When presenting your divorce, custody modification, child support modification, or other family law case to the trial court, it is imperative that your Atlanta divorce attorney presents all relevant ...read more
Custody Modification in Military Family
The Court of Appeals recently addressed a custody modification in a military family. In Mitcham v. Spry, the parents? divorce settlement agreement provided that the parties would have ?joint legal ...read more
Effect of Settlement Agreement on Estate after Death
p>Recently, the Georgia Court of Appeals heard a case where a divorce settlement agreement affected property in the estate of one of the parties after his death. In Frier v. Frier, the parties ...read more
Settlement Agreement Enforced Over Party's Objection
Recently, the Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed the enforcement of a divorce settlement agreement over the wife/mother's objection. In that case, the father filed for divorce and sought legal and ...read more
Service of process in Dekalb county modification action
Recently, the Georgia Court of Appeals addressed the issue of a parent not being properly served with a custody modification action. In that case, pursuant to their Dekalb county divorce decree, the ...read more
Contempt and Retirement Accounts
The Georgia Supreme Court recently heard a case wherein parties were divorced and the wife was awarded half of the husband's 401K, which was to be paid to her via a Qualified Domestic Relations Order ...read more
Discretion of Dekalb County trial court affirmed in child support case
Recently, the Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed the great discretion of the Dekalb County trial court in determining how to handle a father who was in contempt of his child support obligation. Henry ...read more
Fulton County jurisdiction ruling vacated in custody case
A decision of a Fulton County judge regarding jurisdiction in a custody modification case was recently overturned in Murillo v. Murillo, 360 Ga. App. 61 (2009). A husband and wife were divorced in ...read more
Order incarcerating wife for contempt reversed
The Court of Appeals recently emphasized the due process required before incarcerating a person for contempt of a divorce decree. In Bauman v. Humphries, according to the parties? divorce decree, the ...read more
Alimony award overturned due to husband's inability to pay
The Georgia Supreme Court recently affirmed the Court of Appeals? reversal of an alimony award as contrary to the evidence presented at trial. Coker v. Coker, 286 Ga. 20 (2009). The parties were ...read more
Jury demand stricken in Gwinnett county divorce
Recently, the Supreme Court of Georgia affirmed a Gwinnett Superior Court's granting of a wife's motion to strike the husband's demand for a jury trial in the parties? divorce action. In a divorce ...read more