Legal Opinion
In the Interest of C. R.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided August 23, 2002No. A02A1067PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mikell, Judge.
The mother of C. R. appeals the juvenile court’s order permitting the child’s temporary custodian, his paternal grandmother, to obtain immunizations for him, over the mother’s religious objections. Because OCGA § 15-11-13 gives the custodian of a deprived child the right to determine his medical care, we affirm.
The relevant facts are undisputed. C. R. was born on February 28, 2001. He was immediately placed in the custody of the Clayton County Department of Family & Children Services (the Department) based on evidence that his siblings were malnourished to the point of…
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