Legal Opinion

Odion v. Odion

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 10, 2014No. A13A2324PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

McFadden, Judge.

Gege Odion appeals the trial court’s order determining that it is an inconvenient forum and declining to exercise jurisdiction over this action for change of custody and contempt. We conclude that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in considering the eight factors of OCGA § 19-9-67 (b), the child custody inconvenient forum statute, and declining to exercise jurisdiction. We therefore affirm.

In a proceeding in the Superior Court of Gwinnett County, Gege Odion and Titilayo Odion were divorced in 2003, and physical custody of their two children was awarded to Titilayo…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Smith v. SmithSupreme Court of Georgia · 2006
  2. Alejandro v. AlejandroSupreme Court of Georgia · 2007
  3. Lucado v. CoherdCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2013

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Spies v. CarpenterSupreme Court of Georgia · 2014

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