Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Eidson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 7, 1976No. 30332PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
We granted certiorari in this case to review the construction of the adoption statutes by the Court of Appeals, specifically Code Ann. §§ 74-403 and 74-414. The Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court in overruling the natural parents’ objection to the adoption of their daughter by the maternal grandparents and granting the grandparents’ petition of adoption. Johnson v. Eidson, 135 Ga. App. 335 (217 SE2d 460) (1975). In order to do so, however, both of these courts read "moral unfitness” from Code Ann. § 74-414 into the requirements of Code Ann. § 74-403. We think this is…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- In Re LeviCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1974
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Chandler v. CochranSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
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- In the Interest of A. N. M.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
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