STILLS v. JOHNSON

No. S00A0118.

533 S.E.2d 695 (2000)

272 Ga. 645

STILLS et al. v. JOHNSON et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied July 28, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Husser, Gammage & Frazier, Genevieve L. Frazier, Cedartown, for appellants.

Bernadette C. Crucilla, Macon, Robert E. Turner, Warner Robins, for appellees.

Kutner & Bloom, Jeanney M. Kutner, Atlanta, H. William Sams, Jr., Augusta, amici curiae.


FLETCHER, Presiding Justice.

The issue presented by this petition for habeas corpus is the proper standard to be applied in a custody dispute between the paternal grandmother and the maternal uncle of the child, where neither relative is a parent as defined by Georgia law, and the child's parent has transferred "parental power" to the grandmother pursuant to OCGA § 19-7-1(b)(1).1 We hold...

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