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BENEFIELD v. BENEFIELD

21137.

216 Ga. 593 (1961)

118 S.E.2d 464

BENEFIELD v. BENEFIELD.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 9, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter O. Allanson, for plaintiff in error.

GRICE, Justice.

Edward Coutney Benefield (hereinafter referred to as "the father") filed in the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia, a petition for a writ of habeas corpus against Frances Claudine Benefield (hereinafter referred to as "the mother") seeking to recover their eight-year-old son. The father alleged: that by decree of the Superior Court of Clayton County, Georgia, dated May 20, 1958, custody of the child was awarded to him; that on April 13, 1960...

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