Douglas v. Douglas

678 S.E.2d 904 (2009)

DOUGLAS

v.

DOUGLAS.

No. S09A0363.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

June 15, 2009.

Rainwater & Harpe, David N. Rainwater, Cordele, J. Mitchell Gibbs, for appellant.

Dewey N. Hayes, Jr., Douglas, for appellee.

CARLEY, Justice.

Gary Douglas (Father) and Elizabeth Douglas (Mother) were divorced in 1999. The final divorce decree awarded custody of the couple's one-year-old son to Father. Two years later, the Department of Family and Children's Services filed a petition in juvenile court, alleging that the child was deprived and seeking temporary custody. Prior to the final hearing on the…