Newest Location
Fenwick Thompson & Associates, LLC ("FTA") is pleased to announce our second location in Buckhead. Our Buckhead office services the Central, South, and West areas of Atlanta, with a focus on our celebrity and athlete clientele. Our Buckhead office is located at 3355 Lenox Road, Suite 750 Atlanta, GA 30326. Our Snellville office will continue to serve as our central operating center.
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Heather L. McDonnell is a native of Atlanta, Georgia and was the first in her family born in the South. She graduated from high school in the Metro Atlanta area and attended Georgia State University. She started her legal career in 2000, working as a Legal Assistant for a law office in Downtown Decatur. She has extensive experience in Family law, Personal Injury, Litigation, Business and General Practice. She also has Criminal law and courtroom experience working as a Trial Assistant for Division 6 of the District Attorney’s Office in DeKalb County.
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Meredith Udolph
Meredith B. Udolph is a native of Westerville, Ohio and recently moved to Georgia with her family. She attended Capital University where she received her undergraduate degree in Criminology. She also attended Capital Law School, where she obtained her paralegal certification. She worked as a Family Law paralegal for her father for 14 years. She was a CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) Guardian Ad Litem for several years, advocating for abused and neglected children that were the subject of cases involving children’s services. As the newest member of FTA, she is excited to be a team player and help make each client feel comfortable and at ease.
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Latest Technology
As we continue to maximize our efficiency to better serve our clients, we recently updated our technology to provide a cutting edge case law management software: MyCase. MyCase allows for our clients to: have access to their files, download their documents, message our staff, upload documents, comment on documents, receive invoices and make electronic payments. Streamlining our communications, our documentation and our payment system saves our clients time, money and ensures proper and efficient case management. Be sure that you have registered to access our client portal!!
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Rhonda Juhan
Ms. Juhan retained our firm to represent her in a Divorce and Temporary Protective Order. The Court granted the TPO and every demand of FTA in the Divorce. In a contempt hearing, the Defendant was incarcerated, at FTA's request for repeated noncompliance of the terms of the TPO. Prior to the expiration of the TPO, FTA filed a Motion for Permanent Protective Order. The Motion for Permanent Protective Order was subsequently granted for three years.
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Thurna Perry
Mr. Perry retained our firm to defend him against a modification of grandparent's rights. FTA successfully defended his claim against the grandparent, who requested visitation similar to the schedule of a parent visitation schedule. The court denied the grandparent visitation and granted Fenwick Thompson Associates's request to substantially decrease the visitation schedule.
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Hands Free Law
HOUSE BILL 673- “HANDS FREE LAW”
“Hands Free Law” was passed by the Georgia General Assembly and signed into law by Governor Nathan Deal. The Hands Free Law will take effect on July 1, 2018.
- A driver cannot have a phone in their hand or use any part of their body to support their phone. Drivers can only use their phones to make or receive phone calls by using speakerphone, earpiece, wireless headphone, phone is connected to vehicle or an electronic watch. Read more......
Child Support
A trial judge who orders payment of "relocation" expenses of a mother in a judgment awarding child support is required to include written findings required by OCGA § 19-6-15, because payment of these expenses is a deviation, held the Georgia Court of Appeals, and Bodne v. Bodne establishes no presumption against the relocating parent or in favor of the remaining parent.
Noble v. Noble, A18A0617 (2018).
A free college tuition benefit provided by an employer is not a "fringe benefit" that counts as income for child support, held the Georgia Court of Appeals; also, a trial court must include written findings and conclusions supporting any deviation from the presumptive amount of child support.
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Custody
Unless the facts clearly show a trial court abused its discretion, it does not err by awarding permanent primary physical custody of a baby to a father who had never seen the child in person before being granted temporary primary physical custody, held the Georgia Court of Appeals.
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Adoption Law and Practice in Georgia
August 24, 2018
The State Bar of Georgia Conference Center
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