Patel v. Patel

577 S.E.2d 587 (2003)

276 Ga. 266

PATEL

v.

PATEL.

No. S02A1902.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

February 24, 2003.

Michael J. Moore, Matthew R. Hall, Warner Robins, for appellant.

G. Samuel Burnette, Benjamin D. Driggers, Buford & Buford, Floyd M. Buford, Jr., Macon, for appellee.

CARLEY, Justice.

Hamant Bahailal Patel (Father) is an obstetrician/gynecologist who began an extramarital affair with Catherine Walker, an employee and patient, and was eventually asked by his colleagues to resign. He and his wife, Pinky H. Patel (Mother), separated, he bought a house nearby, and she sought a divorce and custody of…