Legal Opinion

Owens v. Owens

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 12, 1941No. 13596PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Grice, Justice.

In a divorce suit involving the custody of a minor child, the judge of the superior court wherein said suit was pending ordered that the question of the custody of said child be referred to the juvenile court of Eulton County, for investigation and determination as to the proper person to whom should be awarded such custody, and to make a finding accordingly. At the trial of this issue before the judge of the juvenile court, the plaintiff in error, the mother, filed a plea to the jurisdiction, in which it was asserted that the superior court in which the divorce suit was…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Slate v. CogginsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1935

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Bailey v. WarlickSupreme Court of Georgia · 1943
  2. Fortson v. FortsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
  3. Herring v. HerringSupreme Court of Georgia · 1951
  4. Slater v. SlaterSupreme Court of Georgia · 1959

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