Newsome v. Newsome

Can a mother, suing as next friend for the minor child in her custody under a divorce decree, maintain an action against the father for support of the child after rendition of the final divorce decree in which the parties agreed the father would be relieved of support and relinquish all parental right to the child? This is the basic question involved in this appeal. The trial court determined there could be no recovery and the mother, for herself and the minor child, has appealed that decision.

We affirm the trial court’s judgment. In Allen v. Allen, 228 Ga. 523 (2) (186 SE2d 743), this court…