Hudson v. White

Hall, Justice.

The Clayton Superior Court granted the custodial parent’s (appellee) habeas corpus petition based upon a Fulton Superior Court’s divorce decree and award of custody to the mother, and dismissed the noncustodial parent’s (appellant) counterclaim seeking a change of custody. Appellant, a resident of Clayton County, had gone to the residence (DeKalb County) of the mother and in her absence took the child to his home in Clayton County and refused to return the child. The appellee filed her habeas corpus petition in Clayton County. We affirm.

Submitted October 14, 1977 Decided October…