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THORNE v. PADGETT

S89G0218.

259 Ga. 650 (1989)

386 S.E.2d 155

THORNE v. PADGETT.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided December 5, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul E. Kauffmann, Phyllis J. Holmen, Vicky O. Kimbrell, John L. Cromartie, Jr., for appellant.

Bips & Bips, R. Andrew Bips, for appellee.

GREGORY, Justice.

Johnnie Thorne is currently incarcerated in the Augusta Correctional Medical Institute, serving a fifteen-year sentence for his conviction of armed robbery. He and his former wife are the parents of a minor child. The former wife's new husband, appellee David Padgett, filed a petition to adopt the child pursuant to OCGA § 19-8-6 (b). Thorne received notice of the adoption petition, and filed objections to it.

Relying on OCGA § 19...

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