Chapman v. State

I concur fully in the erudite majority opinion with the exception of that portion of the fourth division which begins “[nevertheless.” In my view the questioned charge was harmful.

In the former appearance of this case, Chapman v. State, 177 Ga. App. 580, 581 (340 SE2d 237) (1986), we held that jurisdiction was properly in Georgia because of defendant’s recognition of his children as his family in Georgia. Under different circumstances, the original acts of the father would supply the first essential element — that of *324wilful and voluntary separation despite the passage of time because…