Holmes v. Traweek

Hines, Justice.

This Court granted an application for interlocutory review to determine whether there is a conflict between OCGA § 19-7-22 (a)’s provision that a father seeking to legitimate a child may file a petition to do so in “the superior court of the county of his residence . . .” and Article VI, Section II, Paragraph VI, of the 1983 Georgia Constitution, which declares that venue in a civil case is in the county where the defendant resides, unless the Constitution provides otherwise. Finding that there is a conflict, we find that portion of OCGA § 19-7-22 (a) to be unconstitutional.…