Padgett v. Penland

Gunter, Justice,

dissenting in Case No. 27906. I have consistently taken the position that a party who steals a child or withholds possession of a child in violation of a decree of another court cannot, by either of these acts, establish jurisdiction in a court of his choice for a change of custody proceeding based on changed conditions since the rendition of the earlier custody decree. See my dissenting opinions in Glover v. Sink , 230 Ga. 81 (195 SE2d 443) (1973), and Smith v. Smith, 229 Ga. 580 (193 SE2d 599) (1972).

The allegations of the complaint in the instant case (No. 27906) show…