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PERKINS v. COURSON

22248.

219 Ga. 611 (1964)

135 S.E.2d 388

PERKINS v. COURSON et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 6, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert E. Butler, for plaintiff in error.

Thomas & Thomas, W. Glenn Thomas, Jr., contra.

GRICE, Justice.

This is a review of an award of custody of a child to its grandparents. The father, Johnnie Perkins, filed a petition for habeas corpus in the Superior Court of Wayne County against the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Courson. The grandparents filed their response which prayed that custody be awarded to them. Subsequently, the trial judge entered an order denying the writ of habeas corpus and awarding the child to the grandparents, with...

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