IN RE SUGGS

38404.

249 Ga. 365 (1982)

291 S.E.2d 233

IN RE SUGGS.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided May 4, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tinsley & Emerson, David T. Emerson, for appellant.

Joseph Fowler, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Mark A. Cohen, Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


JORDAN, Chief Justice.

This appeal involves the constitutionality of a statute and an order by the Juvenile Court of Douglas County concerning the disposition of a three-year-old child.

On July 22, 1981, the Georgia Department of Human Resources (Department) brought an action in which it sought the custody of the minor child, Richard Suggs.

The court found that under the standards set forth in Code Ann. § 24A-401 (h) the child was deprived. Consequently...

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