Legal Opinion

Baldwin v. Baldwin

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 12, 1995No. S95A0437PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Hunt, Chief Justice.

The juvenile court found both parents fit and equally capable of caring for the parties’ minor child but based on additional factors awarded custody to the mother finding it would be in the child’s best interest to do so. The Court of Appeals reversed and remanded the case to the juvenile court to give “due consideration to joint custody.” On remand, the juvenile court, although concluding that joint custody was not feasible in this case and was not in the best interest of the child, nevertheless, ordered joint legal and physical custody, construing the Court of Appeals’…

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. Urquhart v. UrquhartSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
  2. Facey v. FaceySupreme Court of Georgia · 2006
  3. Willis v. WillisSupreme Court of Georgia · 2011
  4. Cook v. CookSupreme Court of Georgia · 2006
  5. Graham v. HolmesCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1995

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