Legal Opinion
Chandler v. Cochran
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 3, 1981No. 36938PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Justice.
The appellees filed a petition for the adoption of the natural children of the appellant and the appellee wife, the former wife of the appellant. Our jurisdiction is predicated on constitutional attacks on Code Ann. § 74-405 (Ga. L. 1977, pp. 201, 211; 1979, pp. 1182, 1187).
1. Enumerated error 1 is the overruling of the appellant’s motion to dismiss on the ground of improper venue, in that the petition was filed in the county in which the adopting parents reside, as provided by Code Ann. § 74-401 (Ga. L. 1977, pp. 201, 202), rather than “in the county where the defendant…
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