Smith v. Smith
Citation | 251 S.E.2d 156,148 Ga.App. 300 |
Decision Date | 01 December 1978 |
Docket Number | No. 56525,56525 |
Parties | SMITH v. SMITH. |
Court | United States Court of Appeals (Georgia) |
Elsie H. Griner, Nashville, for appellant.
Yancey & Perkins, C. Dane Perkins, Nashville, for appellee.
The plaintiff below appeals the dismissal of his complaint seeking custody of his three minor children.
After hearing evidence, the trial court found that the defendant (mother) had exercised custody of the children at all times since the parties' divorce, that she had been a resident of Florida during that time, that she had recently brought the children to the home of the paternal grandmother in Georgia and requested her to keep them for a period of four to six weeks, and that the plaintiff (father) subsequently brought this suit against her when she returned for the children. The court dismissed the complaint for lack of jurisdiction. Held :
A change of custody suit Woods v. Woods, 238 Ga. 737, 738, 235 S.E.2d 36, 37 (1977). See Matthews v. Matthews, 238 Ga. 201, 232 S.E.2d 76 (1977). The trial court's ruling is accordingly affirmed.
Judgment affirmed.
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