Elliott v. Elliott

Russell, Chief Justice.

1. On habeas corpus by a father to recover custody of his minor child living with the mother in Georgia, predicated upon a decree of a Michigan court dissolving his marriage and awarding the child to him, the full-faith-and-eredit clause of the Federal constitution did not preclude the Georgia court from declaring the Michigan decree void for lack of jurisdiction of the child. Boyd v. Glass, 34 Ga. 253 (89 Am. D. 252); Milner v. Gatlin, 139 Ga. 109 (76 S. E. 860). See also Mobley v. Mobley, 9 Ga. 247.

2. A father’s leaving his wife and minor child in Georgia to obtain…