King v. King

How courts have described this case

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

• “[T]he recommendations of the guardian ad litem are not a substitute for the trial court’s independent discretion and judgment.”
• trial judge has very broad discretion in assigning custody in divorce action
• where the mother’s handling of sexual abuse allegations had a negative effect on the child’s relationship with her father, the trial court did not err in concluding that an award of primary physical custody to the father was in the child’s best interest

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• SMITH v. PEARCE (Two Cases)
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-10-06· cited 9×
• Ezunu v. Moultrie
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-10-28· cited 6×
• Hardin v. Hardin
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-04-06· cited 2×
• Ifeanyi Ezunu v. Ndoumbe Ndiouck Moultrie
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-10-28
• Margo Elizabeth Byrne v. Robert Byrne
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2022-09-01
• In THE INTEREST OF B. L., CHILDREN (FATHER)
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2023-05-24
• Idanea Lopez Sanchez v. Lizander Geronimo Dominguez
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2026-06-22

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Wright v. Wright
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-09-22· cited 96×
• Urquhart v. Urquhart
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-07-05· cited 28×
• Hammond v. Hammond
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-09-24· cited 9×
• LaFont v. Rouviere
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-01-28· cited 7×