Thorne v. Padgett

259 Ga. 650 (1989)

386 S.E.2d 155

THORNE

v.

PADGETT.

S89G0218.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided December 5, 1989.

Paul E. Kauffmann, Phyllis J. Holmen, Vicky O. Kimbrell, John L. Cromartie, Jr., for appellant.

Bips & Bips, R. Andrew Bips, for appellee.

GREGORY, Justice.

Johnnie Thorne is currently incarcerated in the Augusta Correctional Medical Institute, serving a fifteen-year sentence for his conviction of armed robbery. He and his former wife are the parents of a minor child. The former wife's new husband, appellee David Padgett, filed a petition to adopt the child pursuant to OCGA § 19-8-6 (b).…