Georgia law provides two basic methods for appellate review of orders entered by trial courts: direct appeals as of right to an appropriate appellate court; and appeals requiring application to and approval by the appropriate appellate court. Interestingly, child custody orders entered in domestic r...
An unfortunate byproduct of court backlogs and burgeoning litigiousness in the modern era is an increasingly long delay between the commencement of a case and its trial. Those delays seem just as prevalent in family matters, including child custody disputes. Yet child custody cases present a unique...
A prior article summarized the principal avenues available to grandparents in Georgia for seeking custodial or visitation rights to a minor child. In this follow up, we address the burdens of proof and evidence needed for a grandparent to obtain custody of a minor child or rights of visitation from...
The fleeting nature of human life at times results in the death of a parent/spouse during the pendency of litigation involving domestic matters, including actions for divorce, alimony, child custody, and child support. What happens to those cases when a party dies? Can another person take the deceas...
Two Georgia statutes address a party’s right to request issuance of specific findings of fact and conclusions of law supporting court rulings in domestic actions. One generally provides that “[i]n ruling on interlocutory injunctions and in all nonjury trials in courts of record, the court shall upon...