GEORGIA DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES v. ADDISON

S18A0803.

819 S.E.2d 20 (2018)

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES et al. v. ADDISON et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: September 10, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ross Warren Bergethon , Deputy Solicitor-General, Annette M. Cowart , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Penny Hannah , Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Jameson B. Bilsborrow , Assistant Attorney General, DEPARTMENT OF LAW, 40 Capitol Square, SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30334, William Joseph Godfrey , W.J. GODFREY ATTORNEY AT LAW, LLC, P.O. Box 2321, Albany, Georgia 31702, for Appellant.

Charles Andrew Ferenchick , THE LAW OFFICE OF KEVIN S. CAULEY, LLC, PO Box 569, Cairo, Georgia 39828, Gilbert J. Murrah , LAW OFFICE OF GILBERT J. MURRAH, P.C., P.O. Box 1421, Bainbridge, Georgia 39818-1421, for Appellee.

Charles R. Bliss , ATLANTA LEGAL AID SOCIETY, INC., 54 Ellis Street. NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, Lisa Jane Krisher , GEORGIA LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM, 104 Marietta Street, N.W., Suite 250, Atlanta, Georgia 30303-2743, Michael Joseph Tafelski , GEORGIA LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM, 104 Marietta Street, Suite 240, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, David Alfred Webster , 1145 Hurt Building, 50 Hurt Plaza, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, Mara Leah Block , ATLANTA LEGAL AID SOCIETY, 246 Sycamore Street, Suite 120, Decatur, Georgia 30030, for Other Party.


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