Keon Family Law

As previously discussed, Georgia law since 2001 has required a grandparent (or certain other designated relatives) seeking custody of a child against a parent to prove by clear and convincing evidence that the child will suffer physical harm or significant, long-term emotional harm if custody were...

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A prior article discussed the preclusion of self-executing changes in child custody under Georgia law. With the recent issuance of an appellate decision on a type of self-executing custody provision not covered in that article, this brief addendum on the matter seems warranted.

In White v. Fana,...

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A prior article discussed the domestic relations cases and issues which may be appealed as of right and those which require appellate application and approval. That article in part addressed a two-part evaluation – established by state Supreme Court decisions – to determine whether an appealed or...

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Generally, Georgia law authorizes entry of default judgments against defendants who fail to timely file defensive pleadings in civil actions. That general rule, however, does not apply to defendants in designated domestic relations cases. This article will discuss the consequences of a defendant’s f...

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At the time of our prior article on Georgia’s Equitable Caregiver Act (the “ECA”), little if any caselaw had yet addressed its provisions. The ensuing two years, however, have seen several appellate decisions interpret the ECA. It consequently seems appropriate to revisit that statute and discuss...

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