Brazell v. Anderson

Eberhardt, Judge.

1. Where the natural mother of a child has not given her written consent to its adoption and she has not abandoned her rights to it, the superior court is without power to grant an order of adoption to third parties. Code § 74-403. This is true although the natural father may have given his written consent to the adoption.

2. The mere leaving of a child in custody of another for a length of time (here, approximately nine years) does not constitute abandonment. Johnson v. Strickland, 88 Ga. App. 281 (76 SE2d 533); Holbrook v. Rodgers, 105 Ga. App. 219 (124 SE2d 443). Failure to…