HIX v. PATTON

55687.

147 Ga. App. 14 (1978)

248 S.E.2d 28

HIX et al. v. PATTON.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided July 14, 1978.

Rehearing Denied July 31, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Eddie Benton, Jr., for appellants.

Davis, Davidson & Hopkins, Jack S. Davidson, for appellee.


QUILLIAN, Presiding Judge.

This appeal was from a judgment denying a petition for adoption of a minor child. The principal issue was whether the natural father by failing to make child support payments had abandoned the child so that the father's consent to the adoption was not necessary.

The trial judge made the following findings of fact: "The petition for adoption was filed in the Superior Court of Jackson County on June 14, 1977. Defensive pleadings with...

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