Legal Opinion

Fuller v. Fuller

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 7, 1944No. 14849PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Grice, Justice.

The ruling in the first headnote, read in connection with the statement of facts, need not, we apprehend, be discussed.

It has a number of times been decided by this court that a decree of divorce, in which the custody of a minor child is awarded to one of the parties, is conclusive as between the parties to such decree as to the right of that parent to the custody of the child, unless a change of circumstances affecting the interest and welfare of the child is shown. Sells v. Sells, 172 Ga. 911 (159 S. E. 237); Brooks v. Thomas, 193 Ga. 696 (19 S. E. 2d, 497), and the prior…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Willingham v. WillinghamSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
  2. Coffee v. CoffeeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
  3. Wilkins v. WilkinsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1917
  4. Shields v. BodenhamerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1935
  5. Gilbert v. GilbertSupreme Court of Georgia · 1921

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Ramsay v. SimsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1952
  2. Perry v. PerrySupreme Court of Georgia · 1958
  3. Burton v. FurcronSupreme Court of Georgia · 1951
  4. Goodloe v. GoodloeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1955
  5. Martin v. HendonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1968

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