MATHIS v. NICHOLSON

34987.

244 Ga. 106 (1979)

259 S.E.2d 55

MATHIS v. NICHOLSON.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided September 5, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Gregory Melton, for appellant.

McCamy, Minor, Phillips & Tuggle, Joseph T. Tuggle, Jr., for appellee.


JORDAN, Justice.

This is an appeal by the mother of two minor children from an order of the trial court denying her petition for habeas corpus and changing legal custody from her to the appellee paternal grandmother.

The trial court found "that the best interest and welfare of the minor children will be served by denying the writ of habeas corpus." This is not the proper standard to be used in a contest between a parent and a third party over the custody of...

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