BARKLEY v. PAINTER

61193.

157 Ga. App. 236 (1981)

276 S.E.2d 903

BARKLEY et al. v. PAINTER.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided January 28, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Thomas, Jr., for appellants.

James R. Osborne, for appellee.


DEEN, Presiding Judge.

Gladys and Lewis Barkley filed a petition to adopt their three-year-old grandson. Consent to the adoption was given by the child's father, appellants' son, who is currently serving a life sentence for the homicide of the child's mother. Elizabeth Painter, the child's maternal aunt, who has temporary custody of the child under a juvenile court order, filed an objection to the adoption proceeding which was dismissed by the court because she had...

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