Catherine Rosselli Rodriguez v. Ricardo Rodriguez Rodriguez - Divorce (Coweta Superior Court)
Case: SUV2021001550 (Civil Action No. 2021-V-1550)
Judge: John T. Simpson (Chief Judge; signed final decree)
Remarks: Complaint for divorce w/ minor child(ren); in forma pauperis
Plaintiff: Catherine Rosselli-Rodriguez (also Catherine Courtney Rosselli-Rodriguez) — counsel Melissa M. Sams, Ga. Bar 349120 (Trammell Firm / Trammell Sams, LLC); associated party on portal: Melissa Sams
Defendant: Ricardo Rodriguez-Rodriguez — pro se
Filed: 12/22/2021 (clerk stamp AM 10:58) · Closed / decree filed: 4/29/2022 (PM 12:43) · Decree entered (on face): 4/20/2022
Key timeline
2015
- 4/1/2015: Prenuptial agreement executed (Catherine Courtney Rosselli & Ricardo Rodriguez; witness Tonya Jones)
- 4/4/2015: Married (complaint / settlement / prenup context)
2021
- 11/2/2021: Separated (same day as Ricardo’s SUR2022000096 jail-credit start)
- 12/16/2021: Pauper’s affidavit & complaint verification sworn (notary Deena Joi Edwards)
- 12/20/2021: in forma pauperis (IFP) order dated (on face)
- 12/22/2021: Order granting leave to proceed in forma pauperis / pauper's affidavit
- 12/22/2021: Complaint for divorce / verification
- 12/22/2021: Report of divorce
- 12/28/2021: Sheriff’s entry of service on Rodriguez (Coweta County Jail)
2022
- 4/9/2022: Catherine notarized settlement (notary Paula Helms)
- 4/11/2022: Settlement agreement dated
- 4/15/2022: Settlement filed (PM 1:24); consent motion for judgment on the pleadings filed (PM 1:25)
- 4/20/2022: Final judgment and decree entered (Judge Simpson)
- 4/29/2022: Decree clerk-filed; case closed
Document highlights
Complaint: Grounds O.C.G.A. § 19-5-3(10) cruel treatment (molesting ██████████, age 12, for over a year) and § 19-5-3(13) irretrievably broken; one minor child ██████████, Y.O.B. 2019; service at Coweta County Jail; seeks total divorce, enforce prenup, custody/support, attorney fees.
IFP / pauper’s affidavit: Order grants IFP; affidavit cites poverty, pro bono counsel, husband’s jail after the molestation discovery.
Settlement (4/15/2022): Incorporates 4/1/2015 prenup as Exhibit A (settlement controls on conflict). Wife gets the Mt Carmel Rd address (Husband quitclaims in 30 days); Porch View Lawn Care, LLC dissolved; Wife’s Porchview Services, LLC gets assets/clients; both waive alimony; no custody/support terms in the 11-page settlement text. Prenup: alimony waived; child support left to the court; Catherine’s separate-property schedule lists Anthony Rosselli TUW Trust ~$494,760.90 as of 2/28/2015; Ricardo’s schedule blank.
Consent motion (4/15/2022): Judgment on the pleadings for divorce; Ricardo consented pro se.
Final decree (entered 4/20/2022, filed 4/29/2022): Total divorce; incorporates settlement filed 4/15/2022 plus Child Support Addendum and Final Custody Agreement / Parenting Plan (by reference); restores Plaintiff’s maiden name Catherine Courtney Rosselli.