Hatch v. Hatch

JOHNSON, Presiding Judge.

Laurie Hatch filed an application for discretionary review of the trial court’s judgment granting Jeffrey Hatch’s complaint for modification of child custody and support. We granted the application. For the reasons that follow, we vacate the judgment and remand the case to the trial court.

In 1998, the DeKalb County Superior Court awarded Laurie Hatch (“the mother”) primary physical custody of the Hatches’ then six-year-old child. Jeffrey Hatch (“the father”) was granted visitation and ordered to pay child support. The mother and child resided in DeKalb County.

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