February 2019 was a busier month than the two previous months. The Court of Appeals released three custody related opinions, and four other family law related opinions. Woodall v. Johnson, 348 Ga. App. 820 (2019)  Facts: Woodall and his former wife (“Mother”) divorced in 2013. In 2014, Mother married Johnson. In 2015, Woodall was held..Read more

The new year started out slowly. In January 2019, two new custody related appellate opinions, and only one other family law related opinions were released. Plummer v. Plummer, 305 Ga. 23 (2019) Facts: The parties were divorced in Camden County in 2013. Mother, who lived in Florida, had primary physical custody of their child, and..Read more

December, 2018 was another slow month for family law-related case law. Only one custody related case, one other family law-related case, and lots of dismissals of appeals were released by the Court of Appeals. Jackson v. Brown, 822 S.E.2nd 407 (Ga. App. 2018)  Facts: Brown (mother) filed a complaint to modify custody and child support…Read more

This month, I review cases from earlier in 2018, since the Georgia appellate courts released no new family law related cases in November. From the months before I began publishing these case law updates, I have selected a handful of cases that have an important impact on our custody practices. Enjoy! Patten v. Ardis, 304..Read more

October 2018 was busier than the previous two months for the Georgia Court of Appeals. The Court released four custody related cases, and four other family law related cases. Brumbelow v. Mathenia, et al., 347 Ga. App. 861 (2018)   Facts: Mathenia gave birth to Brumbelow’s son, but voluntarily relinquished her parental rights at birth to..Read more