Robinson v. Ashmore

Gunter, Justice.

This case involves the intractable issue of child-custody.

Appellant and her former husband were divorced in 1969. The divorce judgment awarded custody of their minor child to the child’s paternal grandparents and provided for visitation rights for the appellant. In 1973 the appellant brought this action in the nature of habeas corpus in the Superior Court of Bibb County seeking custody of her child. Her complaint alleged that changed conditions and circumstances since the original judgment *499warranted the change of custody.

The trial judge transferred the case to the juvenile…