GEORGIA DEPT. OF HUMAN RESOURCES v. SWEAT

No. S03A0179.

580 S.E.2d 206 (2003)

276 Ga. 627

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES v. SWEAT et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied June 2, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Nina R. Reddick, Charles R. Reddick, P.C., Homerville, for appellant.

E. Kontz Bennett, Jr., Waycross, Daryl G. Lecroy, Atlanta, for appellees.

Samuel Sweat, Pearson, pro se.

William C. Akins, Gainesville, Sheila Kessler Chrzan, Vicky O. Kimbrell, Lisa Jane Krisher, Phyllis J. Holmen, Rebecca Ann Hoelting, Atlanta, Daniel A. Bloom, David A. Webster, Ashley Carraway, Atlanta, for amici curiae.


SEARS, Presiding Justice.

The trial court declared Georgia's statutory child support guidelines to be unconstitutional, concluding they violate the constitutional guarantees of due process, equal protection and privacy, and also operate as an unconstitutional taking of property. Having reviewed the matter, we conclude that the trial court erred by employing incorrect constitutional standards and unsound constitutional analyses...

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