Ellis v. Hewitt
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Complaint; from municipal court of Atlanta. April 17, 1914.
1Opinion of the CourtWade, J.
Julia B. Hoyal and her husband were divorced when their infant daughter was about one year of age, and the court then awarded the' custody of the child to her, and the child remained continuously in her care and custody from that time up to a comparatively recent date, when Mrs. Hoyal was committed to the State Sanitarium. The father is not a resident of Georgia, and his present whereabouts 'are unknown. He has never in any way *694contributed to the support of this daughter (now about 15 years old) since her infancy, but she has been entirely dependent upon her mother, having no estate of her…
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