Howerton v. Garrett

Gunter, Justice.

This child custody and child support case raises an issue of venue. Appellant-father and appellee-mother were divorced in 1971; the mother was awarded custody and child support periodic payments; the father moved to and is a resident of Alabama; the mother and children are residents of Hall County, Georgia; the father filed an action in Hall Superior Court in the nature of habeas corpus to obtain custody; the mother filed responsive pleadings denying changed conditions since the former legal award of custody to her and asserted that there were no legitimate reasons for a…