Hix v. Patton

147 Ga. App. 14 (1978)

248 S.E.2d 28

HIX et al.

v.

PATTON.

55687.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Submitted April 6, 1978.

Decided July 14, 1978.

Rehearing Denied July 31, 1978.

L. Eddie Benton, Jr., for appellants.

Davis, Davidson & Hopkins, Jack S. Davidson, for appellee.

QUILLIAN, Presiding Judge.

This appeal was from a judgment denying a petition for adoption of a minor child. The principal issue was whether the natural father by failing to make child support payments had abandoned the child so that the father's consent to the adoption was not necessary.

The trial judge made the following findings of…