Bates v. Bates

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “[T]he application of the time bar set out in OCGA § 19-8-18 (e) presupposes that the adoption was one authorized by, and entered in accordance with, OCGA § 19-8-18 (b).”
• res judicata barred biological mother’s challenge to the validity of a consent adoption decree because she had a full and fair opportunity to litigate this issue in a prior motion to set aside the adoption
• res judicata barred biological mother’s challenge to the validity of a consent adoption decree because she had a full and fair opportunity to litigate this issue in a prior motion to set aside the adoption
• “The idea that Georgia law permits a ‘second parent’ adoption is a doubtful one ... and the arguments that [the appellant] presses about the validity of a decree that purports to recognize such an adoption might well have some merit.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Bearoff v. Craton
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-06-24· cited 30×
• Baskin v. Hale
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-06-15· cited 7×
• Rimmer v. Tinch
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-09-27· cited 5×
• Oni v. Oni.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-06-26· cited 2×
• E.L. v. V.L.
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2015-02-27· cited 2×
• Oni v. Oni
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-03-17· cited 1×
• Ex parte E.L.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2015-09-18· cited 1×
• Georgia Government Transparency & Campaign Finance Commission v. State Mutual Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-03-28· cited 1×
• Guy Cherwonuk v. Julie Kinker F/K/A Julie Cherwonuk
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-02-05
• Julie Ann Greenlee v. Molly Jo Tideback
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-04-20
• Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission v. State Mutual Insurance Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-03-28
• John Rimmer v. Shane Tinch
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-09-27
• Shannon Baskin v. Gary Hale
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-06-15
• Janet Bearoff v. Charles Thomas Craton, III
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-06-24

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Ross v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-06-29· cited 199×
• Fowler v. Vineyard
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-07-09· cited 87×
• Goddard v. City of Albany
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-10-19· cited 52×
• Abushmais v. Erby
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-10-29· cited 39×
• Crowe v. Elder
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-02-27· cited 25×
• State Bar of Ga. v. Beazley
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-11-25· cited 21×
• James v. Intown Ventures, LLC
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-02-27· cited 13×
• Bennett v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-01-12· cited 11×
• CABREL v. Lum
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-05-31· cited 10×
• Amerson v. Vandiver
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-01-26· cited 8×
• Wheeler v. Wheeler
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-02-26· cited 8×
• Carpenter v. Carpenter
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-07-10· cited 5×
• Canton Partners v. Scarbrough Group, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-05-25· cited 1×