HANSEN v. CARPENTER

19000.

211 Ga. 785 (1955)

89 S.E.2d 196

HANSEN v. CARPENTER et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided September 12, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irwin R. Kimzey, Kimzey & Kimzey, Herbert B. Kimzey, for plaintiff in error.

Ellard & Frankum, Glenn W. Ellard, Stephen D. Frankum, contra.


DUCKWORTH, Chief Justice.

1. Except as to controversies between the father and mother, until majority a child shall remain under the control of the father, unless parental control be lost. See Code § 74-108; Durden v. Johnson, 194 Ga. 689 (22 S.E.2d 514).

2. Where, as here, the mother released her custody and control to the father and agreed that he might remove their children to his home in Kansas, she did not thereby waive any future rights...

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