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FROUG v. HARPER

22747, 22763.

220 Ga. 582 (1965)

140 S.E.2d 844

FROUG v. HARPER; and vice versa.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 4, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey A. Clein, Richard H. Babush, for plaintiff in error.

Franklin H. Pierce, contra.

GRICE, Justice.

These cases involve the effect of a 14 year old child's selection of the parent with whom it desires to live, pursuant to Ga. L. 1962, p. 713, and also a constitutional attack upon that statute. The child's father, Melvin A. Froug, filed in the Superior Court of Richmond County a petition in the nature of habeas corpus against the mother, Mrs. Jean Froug Harper, alleging that since the prior award to her of the child's custody a substantial change...

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