Legal Opinion

In the Interest of B. C. P.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided November 3, 1997No. A97A1079, A97A1164PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Beasley, Judge.

Tonia Pennyman appeals the juvenile court’s award finding her son to be deprived within the meaning of OCGA § 15-11-2 (8) and placing temporary custody in his paternal grandmother, appellee Dorothy Paige. Pennyman enumerates three errors: (1) the juvenile court lacked jurisdiction; (2) the juvenile court found deprivation without clear and convincing evidence; and (3) the juvenile court wrongly failed to provide Pennyman with counsel and the cost of the transcript on appeal. The appeal was taken both directly and by application under OCGA § 5-6-35 (a). We granted the…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. In the Interest of J. P.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1997
  2. Nix v. Department of Human ResourcesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
  3. Wilson v. Southern Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
  4. Robinson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1991
  5. Livingston v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1996

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