Evans v. Davey

Carley, Judge.

In Munday v. Munday, 243 Ga. 863 (257 SE2d 282) (1979), the Supreme Court held that it no longer had a jurisdictional basis for entertaining appeals involving child custody questions unless the appeal also involved a judgment for divorce. All other child custody cases are, accordingly, within the jurisdiction of this court. Ga. L. 1979, pp. 619, 620 (Code Ann. § 6-701.1), effective July 1, 1979, provides in pertinent part that "[a]ppeals from judgments or orders ... awarding or refusing to change child custody” are in the nature of discretionary appeals to be granted or denied…