Franklin v. Hill

264 Ga. 302 (1994)

FRANKLIN

v.

HILL.

S94A0235.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided June 27, 1994.

Weinstock & Scavo, Michael Weinstock, Richard J. Capriola, Hillard J. Quint, for appellant.

Harben & Hartley, Phillip L. Hartley, Martha M. Pearson, E. Victoria Sweeney, John E. Mahan, for appellee.

FLETCHER, Justice.

This case involves the constitutionality of the state statute that gives parents a cause of action for the seduction of their unmarried daughter. We hold that OCGA § 51-1-16 is a gender-based classification that violates the equal protection clause of the Georgia Constitution because only men…