BRINE v. SHIPP

No. S12F0626.

729 S.E.2d 393 (2012)

291 Ga. 376

BRINE v. SHIPP.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

July 13, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Angela A. Woodall , Angela Albritton Woodall, PC, Hiram, for appellant.

William Thomas Cable, Jr. , Talley, Richardson & Cable, Jamie Grantham Averett , Cartersville, Wayne Darrin Keaton , Dallas, Scott Willis Shaw , Shaw Law Firm, LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.


HUNSTEIN, Presiding Justice.

This divorce action involves the termination of the parental rights of the husband, who was the child's legal father for 13 years. The husband is appealing the superior court's order severing his rights as legal father and granting the biological father's petition to legitimate. Because we conclude that the superior court did not have subject matter jurisdiction to terminate the legal father's parental rights, we reverse.

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