Buford, GA
Family Lawyer at Buford, GA
Practice Areas: Family, Litigation ... +2 more
OUTCOME:
Attorney’s Fees: Attorney’s fees can be awarded to the prevailing party in a modification of support case, even though the statute providing for such an award was not in effect at the time of the divor ... ce.
OUTCOME:
Contempt: In a child support contempt case for failure to pay educational expenses, the obligor spouse was entitled to a credit for child support paid, because the divorce decree did not specify that t ... he obligor was to pay these expenses in addition to child support. Other issue was whether the obligor was entitled to a credit from a scholarship toward these expenses.
OUTCOME:
Visitation: Obtained reversal of the trial court for failing to specify visitation to a fit parent except as the custodial parent may agree in writing. This provision had the effect of denying any visi ... tation except as the custodial parent may allow. Noteworthy is that the Supreme Court granted the non-custodial client permission to review the appeal after the Court of Appeals had denied the request to review.
OUTCOME:
Alimony: Alimony could not be awarded in a modification action beyond the original divorce decree. Further, the trial court was unauthorized in modifying alimony based merely upon the passage of time.
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Release: The Court of Appeals upheld the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to the client and against the client’s mother. After the client’s parents had remarried, they divorced. In the second di ... vorce agreement, the client’s mother had released any claim that she had in the first divorce agreement against client’s father. Therefore, the mother was not entitled to any portion of the equity in the former marital home.
OUTCOME:
Property Division/Alimony: Successfully upheld the trial court’s decision in this divorce case concerning whether the other spouse had carried his burden of proving that certain properties were marital ... , as opposed to separate, properties. Further, there is no statutory requirement that the alimony recipient’s income be included in the final divorce decree, as is required for the child support recipient.
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