Meek v. Baillargeon

Hill, Justice.

Fulton Superior Court granted the nonresident custodial parent’s habeas corpus petition based upon the divorce decree and award of custody to the mother. The court dismissed the noncustodial parent’s petition for change of child custody. We affirm. The custodial parent is a resident of Florida.

As a matter of public policy a noncustodial parent should not be able to entice the nonresident custodial parent into the jurisdiction for purposes of relitigating the question of custody. Matthews v. Matthews, 238 Ga. 201 (232 SE2d 76) (1977). In Woods v. Woods, 238 Ga. 737 (1977), it was…