Woods v. Woods, 32158
Decision Date | 27 April 1977 |
Docket Number | No. 32158,32158 |
Citation | 235 S.E.2d 36,238 Ga. 737 |
Parties | Brenda Lane WOODS v. Ronald H. WOODS. |
Court | Georgia Supreme Court |
Robert J. Evans, Rome, for appellant.
Bobby Lee Cook, Cook & Palmour, A. Cecil Palmour, Summerville, for appellee.
The father filed a petition seeking a change in custody of his minor son. The petition alleged that the mother was a nonresident of the state, but frequently visited and sojourned in the county. The mother was personally served. She filed a plea to the jurisdiction of both the person and the subject matter, which was overruled. The trial court entered a final award of custody in favor of the father. The mother appeals from the award of custody.
There is no merit in the contention that the trial court lacked subject matter jurisdiction. Hopkins v. Hopkins, 237 Ga. 845(1), 229 S.E.2d 751 (1976).
In Matthews v. Matthews, 238 Ga. 201, 232 S.E.2d 76 (1977), this court held: At page 203, 232 S.E.2d at page 78, this court held: Thus, in setting forth the public policy of this state in a change of custody case, a suit must be brought where the custodial parent and the child are domiciled, whether in another county or in another state. Although in this case, there was no enticing, tricking, or decoying the appellant...
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