Grant of wife’s petition for temporary family violence protective order against husband pursuant to Family Violence Act, affirmed, as any discrepancy between trial court’s oral pronouncements and written judgement must be resolved in favor of written judgment, and O.C.G.A. § 19-13-4 does not require that family violence protective order include written findings of fact and conclusions of law; record belied husband’s contention that trial court authorized wife’s attorney to decide amount of child support award, as standardized form order contained handwritten language and deletions made by trial court; trial court did not err in concluding that it had no authority to direct clerk of court to withhold transmission of family violence protective order to Georgia Protective Order Registry because language of O.C.G.A. § 19-13-53 (b) required such transmission, without exception, and trial court did not have discretion to convert family violence petition into civil restraining order in parties’ divorce action.

Birchby v. Carboy, A11A1355 (08/29/11)

Fulton County Daily Report, September 9, 2011