CHASTAIN v. SMITH

34557.

243 Ga. 262 (1979)

253 S.E.2d 560

CHASTAIN v. SMITH.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided March 6, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott McLarty, Brenda G. Holbert, for appellant.

James W. Studdard, for appellee.


JORDAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the trial court denying the appellant-father's habeas corpus petition seeking custody of his minor child.

The minor child was removed from his mother's custody in 1973 by the Fulton County Department of Family and Children Services and placed in the custody of the appellee-grandmother. Two years later the child was returned to the mother but continued to spend periods of time with the appellee. In March 1978...

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