In Spence v. Dep’t of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, 359 Ga. App. 603 (2021), Jermaine Spense was involuntarily committed as a hospital inpatient. Spence sought review after the Department sought an order of continued hospitalization of Spence pursuant to OCGA § 37-3-83. On April 18, 2019, the Muscogee County Probate Court entered an order […]
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In In re Estate of Jenkins, 358 Ga. App. 254 (2021), the ward (Shaun Jenkins) sustained profound injuries as an infant due to malpractice. Jenkins received a settlement giving him annual income of $337,000 (or about $28,000 per month). The probate court limited the Conservator’s spending to $17,000. In 2019, the Conservator purchased a disabled-accessible […]
Venue, as a general matter, indicates where (in which court) a legal matter should be filed. It is sometimes confused with subject matter jurisdiction and, because certain venue provisions appear in Georgia’s constitution, venue occasionally becomes a jurisdictional question in Georgia. Usually, though, jurisdiction indicates which court a legal matter should be filed in, such […]
The following language was used in a contract dispute where a Motion for Summary Judgment was filed in Superior Court: “The standard on motion for summary judgment is whether any genuine issue of material fact exists and, if not, whether the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. See O.C.G.A. § […]
Georgia has adopted the Uniform Adult Guardianship and Conservatorship Proceedings Jurisdiction Act. See O.C.G.A. § 29-11-1. et seq. That means, if you have a Georgia guardianship that needs to move to another state, or if you are in another state and you need to move a guardianship to Georgia, we have a procedure for making […]
