IN INTEREST OF J.F.

S16Q1826.

797 S.E.2d 921 (2017)

IN the INTEREST OF J.F., a Child.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: March 6, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Richard Stepp , G. Richard Stepp, P.C., P.O. Box 749, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30046-0749, for Appellant.

Daniel J. Porter , District Attorney, Nhan-Ai Du Simms , Pareesa Hanna Amjadi , Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office, Gwinnett Judicial Center, 75 Langley Drive, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30046, for Appellee.


The Georgia Constitution says that "[t]he Court of Appeals may certify a question to the Supreme Court for instruction, to which it shall then be bound." Ga. Const. of 1983, Art. VI, Sec. V, Par. IV. In this case, the Court of Appeals, in a divided full-court (15-judge) decision, certified...

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