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SKIPPER v. SMITH

32583.

239 Ga. 854 (1977)

238 S.E.2d 917

SKIPPER et al. v. SMITH et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 20, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Williams & Finlayson, Theron Finlayson, for appellants.

Carol Atha Cosgrove, Assistant Attorney General, L. A. McConnell, Jr., Special Assistant Attorney General, John P. Nixson, for appellees.

MARSHALL, Justice.

This is an appeal by the maternal grandparents of a deprived child from an order of the juvenile court terminating the parental rights of the mother and denying the grandparents' habeas corpus petition seeking custody of the child on the ground that the mother had consented to their adoption of him.

Proceedings involving the child began on January 23, 1975, when the Houston County Department of Family & Children Services (DFCS) filed...

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