IRWIN v. SMITH

32523, 32691, 32692.

240 Ga. 553 (1978)

242 S.E.2d 64

IRWIN et al. v. SMITH (two cases). IRWIN et al. v. HAIL et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 20, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hunter & Robins, John Calvin Hunter, Matthew Robins, for appellants.

Barrett & Elliott, John G. Barrett, for appellees.


JORDAN, Justice.

Mr. and Mrs. McIntosh Irwin, the maternal grandparents of a minor child, Holly Hail, appeal from judgments adverse to them in a habeas corpus case, an adoption proceeding, and a contempt case.

The mother of the child was killed in an automobile accident in 1973, when the child was an infant. The father, William Hail, kept her for a period of time in Nashville, Tennessee, and then placed her temporarily in the home of a friend, Faye Anthony...

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