Turner v. McGee

The majority opinion is predicated upon the conclusion that the Judge of Gwinnett Superior Court did not have jurisdiction to determine the issue of whether Mrs. Turner or Mr. McGee was entitled to custody of their minor daughter Malissa Jan. If it be conceded that the trial judge did not have jurisdiction to pass upon the habeas corpus case instituted by Mr. McGee, we think the court has jurisdiction to determine the issues in the case brought by Mrs. *779Turner. The bill of exceptions recites that, when Mrs. Turner was carried before the judge on July 5, 1961, she was accompanied by her counsel…