1. Please help this maternal aunt and uncle adopt two young children, with whom they already have custody
The children, aged 9 and 6 years old, were taken by DHR due to mental illnesses in both the biological mother and father. In 2014, the clients were awarded custody of both children, but now they need help obtaining legal custody, so the children can draw off the adult disability payments.
(17-0009124)
2. Please help this mother of two, who is on disability because she suffers from several illnesses, obtain a divorce
This client needs help getting a divorce from her husband of 25 years, who abandoned her. The client says she was recently diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease because of her husband's alleged infidelities.
(17-0009016)
*Client'
s face is blurred due to special circumstances
*This is the client'
s second time in eBrief
3. Please help this woman divorce her incarcerated spouse
The spouse is currently incarcerated in Georgia. The client wishes to move on so that she can build a better life for her son.
(17-0009115)
*This is the client's second time in eBrief
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Julie Goyer
Kendra Johnson
Jeannie Walston
Starnes Davis Florie
David Webster
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Courtney Brown Dubberly, Law Firm of Sandi Eubanks Gregory and
Kaylie Eicholt, Cumberland School of Law
Honora Gathings Gathings Law
Melinda Guillaume
Leon Johnson
Preston Martin
Bressler Amery Ross
John Milledge
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Pam Weed
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Balch & Bingham
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Loring Jones
Jones & Associates,
Loring helped a client achieve power of attorney so that she could handle her late spouse's final expenses.
Elizabeth Zwiebel
The Zwiebel Law Firm
Elizabeth helped an abandoned woman divorce her husband. The client had heart surgery shortly before she was abandoned by her husband who left her destitute. The Client "appreciates everything Ms. Zwiebel has done"
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Bradley
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Bressler Amery & Ross
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