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DEPT. OF HUMAN RESOURCES v. LEDBETTER

58825.

153 Ga. App. 416 (1980)

265 S.E.2d 337

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES v. LEDBETTER et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided February 12, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Casper Rich, for appellees.

BIRDSONG, Judge.

Adoption. This appeal presents an issue of interpretation of Code Ann. § 24A-3204 (Ga. L. 1971, pp. 709, 748). As relevant, the facts show that the mother of three minor children is dead. The father voluntarily sought to relinquish parental rights to the DeKalb County Department of Family and Children Services admitting that the children are deprived and likely to remain so. At the hearing to determine...

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