Legal Opinion
Leonard v. Benjamin
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 7, 1985No. 41828PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bell, Justice.
Appellant Patricia Leonard is the mother of a minor child born out of wedlock. Appellee Robert Benjamin is the putative father. Appellant filed a complaint for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that appellee was illegally holding the child. OCGA Title 9, Chapter 14, Article 1. The superior court awarded partial custody to each party, and Leonard filed a direct appeal.
The threshold question for our consideration is whether the appeal is dismissible for failure to follow OCGA § 5-6-35. As originally enacted, the Code section required applications for appeals to be filed in all…
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