IN RE M. A. F.

Nos. 42128, 42129. 42171.

254 Ga. 748 (1985)

334 S.E.2d 668

IN RE M. A. F. IN THE INTEREST OF M. A. F.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 1, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank S. Ney, Vicky O. Kimbrell, Mary R. Carden, John L. Cromartie, Jr., Phyllis J. Holmen, for appellant.

Ben F. Hendricks, Eugene W. Dabbs, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, for appellee.


SMITH, Justice.

MAF is an eight-year-old, illegitimate child who has lived with and been loved and supported by the appellant since he was four weeks old. He was removed from her custody without notice or a hearing based on a petition filed on behalf of the appellee, Newton County Department of Family and Children Services (NCDFCS), after the biological parents, who had abandoned the child years earlier, attempted to surrender their rights to the NCDFCS. We reverse...

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