Legal Opinion

Lumpkin v. Cook

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided April 8, 1983No. 65563PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Carley, Judge.

Appellant is the natural father of two minor children and the ex-husband of the children’s mother. Appellee is the current husband of the children’s mother and the stepfather of the children. Appellee filed a petition seeking to adopt the children and, after a hearing, the adoption was granted. Appellant appeals.

1. Appellant first asserts that the order granting the adoption is deficient in that it does not “contain specific and articulated findings *260that. . . the adoption would be in the [children’s] ‘best interest.’ ” Kirkland v. Lee, 160 Ga. App. 446, 450 (287 SE2d 365)…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Kirkland v. LeeCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
  2. In re C. C. B.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1982
  3. MERRY SHIPPING COMPANY, INC. v. SparksCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Boyd v. HarveyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985

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