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Simmons v. Simmons

Supreme Court of Georgia
Jan 31, 1979
252 S.E.2d 908 (Ga. 1979)

Opinion

34320.

ARGUED JANUARY 10, 1979.

DECIDED JANUARY 31, 1979. REHEARING DENIED FEBRUARY 14, 1979.

Temporary custody of children. Bibb Juvenile Court. Before Judge McGehee.

Dann, Blackburn, Goldin Bloomfield, James C. Blackburn, Sell, Comer Popper, John A. Draughon, John D. Comer, for appellant.

O'Neal, Stone Brown, Kice H. Stone, H. T. O'Neal, Jr., for appellee.


This is a child custody case before this court on interlocutory appeal. The husband and wife separated in 1976 and she and their two children moved, with his approval, to Memphis, Tennessee. The husband kept the children at the end of their visit with him in the summer of 1978 and he filed suit for divorce and child custody, serving her in Tennessee. The wife filed an answer and counterclaim for divorce and alimony but filed an objection to the court's jurisdiction as to the child custody issue.

Matthews v. Matthews, 238 Ga. 201 ( 232 S.E.2d 76) (1977), is not applicable because no prior adjudication of temporary or permanent custody has been made. The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act, Ga. L. 1978, pp. 258-275, was not applicable because it did not go into effect until January 1, 1979.

The juvenile court to which this issue was transferred did not err in deciding that it had authority to award temporary custody of the children to the husband pending a final hearing. Milner v. Gatlin, 139 Ga. 109, 112 ( 76 S.E. 860) (1912); Painter v. Painter, 231 Ga. 184 ( 200 S.E.2d 888) (1973).

Judgment affirmed. All the Justices concur.


ARGUED JANUARY 10, 1979 — DECIDED JANUARY 31, 1979 — REHEARING DENIED FEBRUARY 14, 1979.


Summaries of

Simmons v. Simmons

Supreme Court of Georgia
Jan 31, 1979
252 S.E.2d 908 (Ga. 1979)
Case details for

Simmons v. Simmons

Case Details

Full title:SIMMONS v. SIMMONS

Court:Supreme Court of Georgia

Date published: Jan 31, 1979

Citations

252 S.E.2d 908 (Ga. 1979)
252 S.E.2d 908

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