Lockhart v. Stancil

Smith, Justice.

We granted the appellant’s discretionary application to consider “[wjhether the Juvenile Court exceeded its legal authority in this case when it ordered child support payments in an order granting a motion to set aside a prior judgment.” The court was without authority. We reverse.

The parties have been litigating the custody of their children in the Glynn County Juvenile Court since 1984. The record before us shows that the Juvenile Court transferred custody of the parties’ minor son back and forth between the parties four times.

A May 12, 1986 order gave permanent custody of…