Legal Opinion
Scott v. Scott
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 27, 2003No. S02A1909PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hunstein, Justice.
We granted Regina Scott’s application for discretionary appeal to address whether a self-executing change of custody provision in the Scotts’ divorce decree was permissible under Weaver v. Jones, 260 Ga. 493 (396 SE2d 890) (1990) and Pearce v. Pearce, 244 Ga. 69 (257 SE2d 904) (1979). For the reasons that follow, we find that the automatic custody change provision was not a permissible extension of Weaver and Pearce and should be stricken from the parties’ divorce decree.
Regina and Charles Scott were divorced in 2001. Custody of their two-year-old daughter was placed jointly…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- DeBeaumont v. GoodrichSupreme Court of Vermont · 1994
- Mallette v. MalletteSupreme Court of Georgia · 1964
- Weaver v. JonesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1990
- Handley v. HandleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1948
- Zeller v. ZellerNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2002
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3Cited by31 opinions
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