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STATE OF GA. v. CAUSEY

36614, 36615.

246 Ga. 735 (1980)

273 S.E.2d 6

STATE OF GEORGIA v. CAUSEY. STATE OF GEORGIA v. DISHEROON.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Submitted August 29, 1980.

Decided November 5, 1980.

Rehearings Denied November 25, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert A. Rivers, Solicitor, Charles C. Clay, Assistant Solicitor, for appellant.

A. Harris Adams, for appellee (case no. 36614).

G. Roger Land, Janet F. Perlman, for appellee (case no. 36615).

MARSHALL, Justice.

"If any father or mother shall wilfully and voluntarily abandon his or her child, either legitimate or illegitimate, leaving it in a dependent condition, he or she, as the case may be, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor ..." Code Ann. § 74-9902 (a) (Ga. L. 1866, p. 151, superseded by Ga. L. 1980, pp. 1374, 1378).1

Case No. 36614 is a misdemeanor prosecution against the father for abandonment of an illegitimate...

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