Legal Opinion
Stanfield v. Alizota
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 17, 2014No. S13G0590PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Thompson, Chief Justice.
We granted certiorari to consider whether the Court of Appeals properly applied the principle of priority jurisdiction when it held that the Fayette County Superior Court lacked the jurisdiction to terminate Emmanuel Alizota’s parental rights and erred in granting Ryan and Melissa Stanfield’s petition for the adoption of S. K. Alizota v. Stanfield, 319 Ga. App. 256 (734 SE2d 497) (2012). The Court of Appeals determined that because the juvenile court had previously exercised jurisdiction over a deprivation proceeding involving Alizota and S. K. and had entered a…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- In the Interest of C. M.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
- Ertter v. DunbarSupreme Court of Georgia · 2012
- In the Interest of J. C. W.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2012
- Alizota v. StanfieldCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012
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