Burton v. Bishop

Clarke, Justice.

We are called upon to decide whether a child custody judgment of an Ohio court is enforceable in Georgia under the provisions of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act.

At one time, the parties lived in Muscogee County, Georgia, where they divorced in 1976. Subsequently reconciled, they remarried and lived together with their children in Ohio. In November, 1977, Mrs. Burton left Ohio, taking the children with her, and moved to Bulloch County, Georgia. Mr. Burton filed a divorce action against Mrs. Burton in Ohio in February, 1978, securing service by registered mail…