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FORT v. ALEWINE

24052.

223 Ga. 359 (1967)

155 S.E.2d 12

FORT v. ALEWINE et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided May 18, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McGahee & Plunkett, Keith W. Benning, for appellant.

Max Rubenstein, Franklin H. Pierce, for appellees.

MOBLEY, Justice.

Mrs. Ruth R. Fort brought a petition for habeas corpus against James Albert Alewine and Doris Alewine, alleging that they were illegally detaining James Paul Fort, a minor child. She alleged that she was entitled to custody of the minor child by virtue of a final order of adoption, that the respondents are the natural parents of the minor, but prior to the final decree of adoption they consented in writing to his adoption by the petitioner and her...

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