Beatty v. Wilkerson

The trial court ruled that the minor child had been "... wilfully and wantonly abandoned by his natural father. ..” although the court’s only finding of abandonment based on the evidence was that the father has not supported his child since January 27, 1975.

The law in effect at the time this petition was filed was Ga. L. 1941, pp. 300, 301; 1950, pp. 289, 290; 1957, p. 367; 1960, pp. 791, 792; 1967, pp. 107, 108 (former Code Ann. § 74-403). "It is the law and policy of this state that no adoption shall be permitted without the written consent of the child’s living parents, except under…