STANFIELD v. ALIZOTA

No. S13G0590.

756 S.E.2d 526 (2014)

294 Ga. 813

STANFIELD et al. v. ALIZOTA.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

March 17, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Outman , Law Offices of James B. Outman, LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.

Justin Buice Grubbs , Griffin Law Firm, LLC, Georgia, for appellee.

Justin Young Hester , Hester & Hester, P.C., Georgia, for amicus appellant.

Sherriann Henderson Hicks , The Hicks Law Group, Georgia, for amicus appellee.


THOMPSON, Chief Justice.

We granted certiorari to consider whether the Court of Appeals properly applied the principle of priority jurisdiction when it held that the Fayette County Superior Court lacked the jurisdiction to terminate Emmanuel Alizota's parental rights and erred in granting Ryan and Melissa Stanfield's petition for the adoption of S.K. Alizota v. Stanfield, 319 Ga.App. 256, 734 S.E.2d 497...

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