Crenshaw v. Crenshaw

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that, under the circumstances, “notice by publication was not reasonably designed to [e]nsure that the wife [in a divorce action] had notice of the trial date”
• holding that notice by publication was not reasonably designed to ensure that a pro se party received such notice and was inadequate to meet due process requirements when the court had a current out-of-state address of a party in a divorce action
• abuse of the trial court's discretion found when court refused to set aside a final judgment obtained in the wife's absence
• “[When] we are able to decide [a] case on a narrower basis, we do not reach the broader issues.”
• “Where a judgment is entered in contravention of a party’s due process rights to notice, a trial court is authorized to set the judgment aside under OCGA § 9-11-60 (d).”
• At final divorce hearing, the trial court must decide custody of the minor children, visitation rights and child support and “parties to the divorce action must be given reasonable opportunity to be heard on these issues”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In the Interest of T. B. R.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-02-03· cited 43×
• Lucas v. Lucas
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-11-30· cited 16×
• Jon Wiley Cronic v. Jeffrey H. Duvall
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-10-24· cited 16×
• Ford v. Ford
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-12-04· cited 15×
• Wright v. Wright
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-11-23· cited 11×
• BARNHILL v. ALFORD
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-12-20· cited 8×
• Blue Stone Lofts, LLC v. D'AMELIO
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-06-15· cited 6×
• Mitsubishi Motors Credit of America, Inc. v. Robinson & Stephens, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-08-26· cited 6×
• James v. James
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-04-15· cited 5×
• Ellis v. Ellis
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-02-01· cited 2×
• alabama/georgia Bonding Company v. State of Georgia
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-05-20
• Kyle Lee Van Omen v. Irina Teresa Lopresti
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-10-21
• Loretta D. Threatt v. Thomas B. Threatt, I
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-06-30
• SUNBELT PLASTIC EXTRUSIONS, INC. v. JULIE PAGUIA
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-08-26
• Jimmi Cerna v. Erika Cornejo
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2024-10-24
• TOMMY YORK D/B/A YORK BUILDERS v. MARAGARET MOORE
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2023-03-09

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.
  Supreme Court· 1950-06-05· cited 10,395×
• Spyropoulos v. John Linard Estate
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-04-17· cited 56×
• Brown v. Citizens & Southern National Bank
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-03-12· cited 42×
• Green v. Green
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-11-22· cited 35×
• Wiley v. Wiley
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-02-25· cited 27×
• Holloman v. Holloman
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1971-10-08· cited 24×
• Johnson v. Mayor &C. of Carrollton
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-03-11· cited 22×
• Marr v. Georgia Department of Education
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-01-18· cited 21×
• Hicks v. Hicks
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1970-10-08· cited 19×
• Coker v. Coker
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-10-19· cited 18×
• Maolud v. Keller
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1980-02-01· cited 15×
• East India Co. v. Marsh & McLennan, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1981-10-29· cited 8×
• Carson v. Morris
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1982-11-22· cited 8×