Stone v. Stone

Melton, Justice.

Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 34, we granted David E. Stone’s (Husband) application to appeal the final decree entered in his divorce from Anna Stone (Wife). In doing so, we stated our specific interest in determining whether the trial court erred by awarding joint legal custody of the parties’ minor son to Husband and Sandra *452Webb, the maternal grandmother (Grandmother).1 Because Georgia statutory law supports joint custody arrangements only between parents, we must reverse the award of joint legal custody in this case.2

As is pertinent here, the record shows that Husband and…