Cox v. Mills

Nichols, Chief Justice.

Pamela Davidson Cox filed a habeas corpus action in the Superior Court of Bibb County, seeking to obtain custody of her six-year-old child from her great-grandmother and step great-grandfather, Bertha and Lester Mills. The Mills had obtained custody of the child pursuant to an order of the Juvenile Court of Bibb County dated June 23, 1972, whereby custody was removed from the mother and the parental rights of the father were terminated. This order expired at the end of two years by operation of law. Code § 24A-2701.

The superior court transferred the case to the Bibb…