Stills v. Johnson

Fletcher, Presiding Justice.

The issue presented by this petition for habeas corpus is the proper standard to be applied in a custody dispute between the paternal grandmother and the maternal uncle of the child, where neither relative is a parent as defined by Georgia law, and the child’s parent has transferred “parental power” to the grandmother pursuant to OCGA § 19-7-1 (b) (l).1 We hold that, in accordance with the development of the law in this state, where two parties seek custody of a child, and neither is a parent of the child, custody is to be governed by the standard of best interest…