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Domestic Relations, Barry B. Mcgough
Domestic Relations, Barry B. Mcgough
Mercer Law Review
The survey year produced a wide array of appellate opinions with no discernible area of focus. Of particular interest were decisions holding that the relocation of a custodial parent is not alone grounds to change custody and that notice of trial by publication alone contravenes the due process rights of a pro se litigant in a divorce action in which custody of minor children is at issue. A resident can sue for divorce and an award of Georgia property even though the nonresident spouse has never been in the state. However, a resident cannot enforce a foreign divorce decree when …
In The Interest Of R.E.W.: Visitation Rights Of Homosexual Parents In Georgia, Allison Strazzella Brantley
In The Interest Of R.E.W.: Visitation Rights Of Homosexual Parents In Georgia, Allison Strazzella Brantley
Mercer Law Review
In a 1996 case, In the Interest of R.E.W., the Georgia Court of Appeals addressed an issue of first impression concerning the visitation rights of a noncustodial homosexual parent. The court set a tolerant precedent when it awarded the noncustodial homosexual father unsupervised visitation rights with his child.