Termination of father’s parental rights, AFFIRMED, as evidence supported it; father never contacted children nor DFACS during his 5-year incarceration, he failed to maintain or establish meaningful bond with children, essentially abandoning them and, even before his incarceration, he only saw children sporadically, despite his purported concern that mother abused drugs; continued deprivation was likely to cause harm due to children’s emotional and psychological frailty and termination was in children’s best interest.

In the Interest of T.L.H. and O.D.H., A09A1177

From:  Fulton County Daily Report, 12/4/2009

Order incarcerating appellant for contempt arising from her divorce decree, REVERSED, as trial court erred in incarcerating appellant based only upon letter from opposing counsel asserting that she had not complied with terms of trial court’s October 15, 2008 order – incarceration of contumacious party cannot depend upon mere averments of interested party; res judicata did not bar appellant’s appeal, because she appealed order entered subsequent to her prior appeal.

From:  Fulton County Daily Report (10/16/09)

Bauman v. Humphries, A09A1096 (09/29/09), 09 FCDR 3185

Attorneys:  David Cole, Allen W. Bodiford

Judges:  Brian Amero, Henry Superior Court;  Blackburn, Boyle, Adams, Georgia Court of Appeals