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CHAFFINS v. LOWNDES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES

34631, 34632.

243 Ga. 528 (1979)

255 S.E.2d 360

CHAFFINS et al. v. LOWNDES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES. CHAFFINS v. LOWNDES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided April 17, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Graham Clarke, Fred L. Cavalli, for appellants.

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Carol Atha Cosgrove, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

HILL, Justice.

On October 6, 1978, Anthony Chaffins and his wife Pansy filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in Lowndes County Superior Court (Case No. 34631) seeking the return of their three children from the Lowndes County Department of Family & Children Services ("Department"). On that same date, Debbie Ann Chaffins filed an identical petition (Case No. 34632) in regard to her child. The Department had been granted interim custody of the four children...

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