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Attorneys for feuding Gainesville neighbors argue before Supreme Court
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Attorney Vanessa Sykes argues Monday before the Georgia Supreme Court in Atlanta. Sykes represents a couple from Gainesville, who has issued multiple “good behavior bonds” against another couple. The case concerned the constitutionality of the bonds.
ATLANTA — Attorneys for two Gainesville couples who are next-door neighbors and have been feuding for years argued before the Georgia Supreme Court Monday regarding the constitutionality of “good behavior bonds.” “My clients want peace,” said attorney Vanessa Sykes, who is representing Andrew and Penny Leeuwenburg, one of the two couples who live on Woodlake Drive, which is off Club Drive that leads into Chattahoochee Country Club. With sufficient cause that a person’s behavior may injure or disturb the peace or property of another, a judge can issue a “good behavior bond” with reasonable conditions for up to six months, according to Georgia law.