Spires v. Lance

167 Ga. App. 331 (1983)

306 S.E.2d 317

SPIRES

v.

LANCE et al.

66345.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided June 17, 1983.

Rehearing Denied July 7, 1983.

Denmark Groover, Jr., for appellant.

W. Franklin Freeman, Jr., Kenneth R. Waldrep, W. Ashley Hawkins, for appellees.

SHULMAN, Chief Judge.

This case involves a custody contest between a natural father and a stepfather after the death of the child's mother. Appellant's former wife had legal custody of their son at the time of her death. On the day after the child's mother died, his stepfather, joined by the mother's sister and brother-in-law, filed a…