Legal Opinion
Sanchez v. Walker County Department of Family & Children Services
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided February 12, 1976No. 50545PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Clark, Judge.
This appeal is by the mother of an illegitimate child who seeks to reverse a juvenile court judgment wherein the court ruled that the evidence warranted a finding that her 2 1/2-year-old son was a "deprived child” and awarded temporary custody to the Walker County Department of Family and Children Services.
The case resulted from doctors’ reports that the son showed symptoms of the "battered child syndrome.” This nomenclature is a modern development defined in medical testimony as "a combination of factors that we see *50that lead us to believe that a child is physically abused by a…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Frisbie v. CollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Ker v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Brown v. Fulton County Department of Family & Children ServicesCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1975
- Ellis v. Southern Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1953
- National Trailer Convoy, Inc. v. SuttonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1975
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Sanchez v. Walker County Department of Family & Children ServicesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
- In the Interest of M. A. C.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1979
- J. B. H. v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
- McBurrough v. Department of Human ResourcesCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979
- Sanchez v. Walker County Department of Family & Children ServicesCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
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