The controlling issue here is whether the trial court had jurisdiction of a proceeding seeking to change the custody of a minor child. The petition was filed in the Superior Court of Whitfield County by the child's father, Richard Clay Locke, against the mother, Ruby Beaver Locke. The allegations, insofar as material here, follow.
The father resides in Whitfield County, Georgia. The mother is a resident...
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