Panel examines impact of ruling that lets courts consider custodial parent’s relocation a substantial change in circumstances The Daily Report When Dr. David Bodne decided to relocate from Georgia to Alabama, he probably had no idea he’d be moving a piece of Georgia’s child custody law, too. Bodne and his wife divorced in 1999. Their […]
By Richmond Eustis A list of Randall M. Kessler’s clients reads like a roster of people who claim celebrities have done them wrong. Kessler represented R&B star Keith Sweat’s former girlfriend in a custody action. He has helped the ex-wife of Atlanta Hawks all-star Eddie Johnson pursue $144,000 in overdue child support. He even handled […]
By Richmond Eustis Although the Georgia courts haven’t recognized what he considers a man’s right not to support a child he didn’t father, Decatur resident Carnell A. Smith hopes the U.S. Supreme Court will do so. For 10 years Smith believed his former girlfriend, Toni W. Odom, when she said that he was the man […]
By Richmond Eustis Former postal worker Rebecca Strong got her windfall from winning the lottery. Her ex-husband, John Pressley, is getting his from their divorce. A DeKalb County jury found Friday that Strong, 43, a former postal worker must pay Pressley $1.7 million in alimony. Pressley v. Strong-Pressley No. 98-cv-49964 (DeKalb Sup. verdict Feb. 18, […]
Former postal worker Rebecca Strong got her windfall from winning the lottery. Her ex-husband, John Pressley, is getting his from their divorce. A DeKalb County jury found Friday that Strong, 43, a former postal worker must pay Pressley $1.7 million in alimony. Pressley v. Strong-Pressley No. 98-cv-49964 (DeKalb Sup. verdict Feb. 18, 2000). The award […]
