Peacock v. Cox

Appellant, J. Dell Peacock, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus seeking custody of his eight-year-old daughter.

The record in this case shows that the maternal grandparents, Clara and William Cox, are the adoptive parents of appellant’s daughter by virtue of a final decree of adoption entered on December 3Ó, 1976. That judgment was affirmed on appeal. Peacock v. Cox, 143 Ga. App. 762 (240 SE2d 97) (1977), cert. denied. After his appeal was rejected by the state’s appellate courts, appellant applied to the United States Supreme Court for certiorari and filed this habeas corpus petition…