Burns v. Swinney

Hill, Chief Justice.

This is a child support recovery case. We granted certiorari to determine whether the Court of Appeals correctly interpreted OCGA § 19-11-10 (Code Ann. § 99-909b) (Ga. L. 1973, p. 192, §§ 9, 10 as amended by Ga. L. 1976, p. 1537, § 8). Burns v. Swinney, 168 Ga. App. 902 (310 SE2d 733) (1983).

Willie Mae Stanley and Bobby Joe Swinney were divorced in 1975. The father was awarded custody of their two minor children, but the mother was not ordered to pay child support. The children’s stepmother, Deborah F. Swinney, applied to the Department of Human Resources for Aid to…