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QUILLOIN v. WALCOTT

31643.

238 Ga. 230 (1977)

232 S.E.2d 246

QUILLOIN v. WALCOTT.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 6, 1977.

Rehearing Denied January 27, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Skinner, for appellant.

Thomas F. Jones, for appellee.

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Carol Atha Cosgrove, Staff Assistant Attorney General, amicus curiae.

HILL, Justice.

The constitutional rights of the natural father of an illegitimate child are presented here for review. After the child's stepfather filed a petition for adoption, the natural father sought to oppose the adoption, to legitimate the child and to gain visitation rights. The trial court refused to declare Code Ann. § 74-203, placing all parental power in the mother of an illegitimate, and Code Ann. §...

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