Legal Opinion

Gillens v. Gillens

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided December 12, 1918No. 911PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Habeas corpus. Before Judge W. H. Davis. City court of Waynesboro. March 20, 1918.

1Opinion of the Court

Eish, O. J.

A wife upon the trial was' granted a divorce, and the temporary custody of the minor children, with a provision in the order that their permanent custody should be subsequently determined by the judge of the county court, or ordinary of the county where the divorce was granted. After the death of one of the children, the husband under a proceeding of habeas corpus had the custody of the other awarded to him by the ordinary. o The wife took that proceeding by certiorari to the superior court, and pending the matter she removed with the child, whose custody she had continued to hold,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Milner v. GatlinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1912
  2. Milner v. GatlinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1915

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Brandon v. BrandonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1922
  2. Fortson v. FortsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1945
  3. Trussell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1935
  4. Crawford v. BakerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1952
  5. Federal Life Insurance v. HurstCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1931

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