Blackburn v. Blackburn

Deen, Presiding Judge.

The case of Blackburn v. Blackburn, 249 Ga. 689 (292 SE2d 821) (1982) concerned the dispute over the custody of a minor child between the natural mother, Kathleen Blackburn, and the paternal grandmother. Finding that the paternal grandmother, who had petitioned for custody, had failed to show by clear and convincing evidence the parental unfitness of the child’s mother, the Supreme Court reversed the trial court’s award of custody to the grandmother. Mark Blackburn, the child’s father, subsequently petitioned for and was awarded custody by the Superior Court of Burke…