Murphy v. Thomas

89 Ga. App. 687 (1954)

81 S.E.2d 26

MURPHY

v.

THOMAS.

35037.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided February 24, 1954.

Peter W. Walton, for plaintiff in error.

Bob Humphreys, contra.

CARLISLE, J.

1. The mother of an illegitimate child is entitled to file objections to a petition brought by the putative father to legitimate and to deny the application for legitimation (Henderson v. Shifflett, 105 Ga. 303, 31 S. E. 186); and, since the gist of the mother's objections to the father's petition to legitimate the child is that he has no paternal interest in the child, but seeks only to deprive her of the child…