Legal Opinion
In Re Suggs
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 4, 1982No. 38404PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Jordan, Chief Justice.
This appeal involves the constitutionality of a statute and an order by the Juvenile Court of Douglas County concerning the disposition of a three-year-old child.
On July 22,1981, the Georgia Department of Human Resources (Department) brought an action in which it sought the custody of the minor child, Richard Suggs.
The court found that under the standards set forth in Code Ann. § 24A-401 (h) the child was deprived. Consequently, though the court left custody in the mother, it made the custody conditional upon the mother meeting certain requirements.
The mother appeals…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Rose v. LockeSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- In the Interest of J. C.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1978
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