SASTRE v. McDANIEL

No. A08A1485.

667 S.E.2d 896 (2008)

SASTRE, et al. v. McDANIEL, et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

September 23, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clark & Williams, Jason R. Clark, Brunswick, James L. King, II, Frances W. Dyal, for appellants.

Charles B. O'Neill Jr., for appellees.

Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Elizabeth M. Williamson, Assistant Attorney General, amici curiae.


MILLER, Judge.

Iane and Lydia Sastre appeal from the trial court's order dismissing, without prejudice, their petition for adoption of A.L.R. (the "child"), arguing that the trial court erred in finding that the Sastres were not Georgia residents and in allowing the Lamar County Department of Family and Children Services (the "Department") to object to the adoption proceedings. Discerning error, we reverse.

"In matters of adoption, the superior court has a...

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