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PURCELL v. HOPKINS

32859.

240 Ga. 65 (1977)

239 S.E.2d 386

PURCELL v. HOPKINS.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 25, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones, Wilson & Tomlinson, John J. Jones, James M. Rudder, Jr., for appellant.

Taylor, Morris & Hotz, Walter H. Hotz, for appellee.

HALL, Justice.

This child custody case involves the validity of a 1974 order (entered by consent of the parties), which changed the custody of the two minor children from appellant to appellee for medical reasons. The sole challenge to that order is that it was entered without subject matter jurisdiction.

In Hopkins v. Hopkins, 237 Ga. 845 (229 S.E.2d 751) (1976), we held that the superior...

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