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GARREN v. STATE

35711.

245 Ga. 323 (1980)

264 S.E.2d 876

GARREN v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 26, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrews & Seery, Stephen H. Andrews, for appellant.

H. Lamar Cole, District Attorney, Richard W. Shelton, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

NICHOLS, Chief Justice.

Parents (fathers or mothers) who remain in Georgia after abandoning their minor children (legitimate or illegitimate) subject themselves to misdemeanor punishment. On the other hand, parents who leave Georgia after abandoning their minor children subject themselves to felony punishment reducible to misdemeanor. Code Ann. § 74-9902.

Terry Wayne Garren, a father charged with abandoning his legitimate minor children then leaving Georgia...

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