Legal Opinion
Kelley v. Department of Human Resources
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided April 13, 1998No. S98A0392PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Sears, Justice.
In this interlocutory appeal, we conclude that there is no constitutional right to a jury trial associated with a petition filed in the Superior Court by the Department of Human Resources pursuant to OCGA § 19-11-12, seeking the adoption of an agency recommendation that a child support order be modified. Therefore, we affirm.
Ralph Kelley and Linda Owens were granted a divorce by the Butts County Superior Court in 1985. The decree awarded Owens custody of the couple’s child, and instructed Kelley to make weekly child support payments of $35. In 1997, Owens initiated a Department…
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