Legal Opinion
Beckham v. O'BRIEN
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided October 22, 1985No. 70501PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Beasley, Judge.
The parties were divorced in 1979. The mother was awarded custody of the minor daughter, and the father was granted visitation privileges.
On October 4, 1984, the father was arrested for molesting his then six-year-old daughter on September 24. The mother thereafter refused to allow the father to visit with the child, and on October 30 the father filed a petition seeking to hold the mother in contempt for failing to comply with the visitation provisions of the divorce decree. On November 6, the father was indicted on the molestation charge for which he had previously been…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Beavers v. HenkelSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Ledford v. BowersSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
- Gazaway v. BrackettSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
- Griggers v. BryantSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
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3Cited by7 opinions
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