Legal Opinion
Ertter v. Dunbar
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 19, 2012No. S12G0452PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENHAM, Justice.
The question posed by this appeal is whether a superior court is able to exercise its jurisdiction to award permanent custody of a child when a juvenile court previously found the child to be deprived and placed the child in the custody of a “willing” and “qualified” relative until the child turns eighteen years old. In Dunbar v. Ertter, 312 Ga. App. 440 (718 SE2d 350) (2011), the Court of Appeals, employing the principle of priority jurisdiction, answered the question in the negative; we granted the petition for a writ of certiorari and now answer the question in the…
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