Legal Opinion

In the Interest of A. M. Y.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided January 9, 1989No. 77513PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Petitioner filed a petition to adopt A. M. Y., a minor child, and alleged that the child’s biological mother “voluntarily and in writing” placed A. M. Y. with petitioner two days after the child’s birth; that petitioner “has had full custody of the minor child at all times leading up to [the] petition [for adoption]”; and that “the parents of the child . . . have failed, for a period of one year and longer immediately prior to the filing of [the] petition for adoption, to communicate or make a bona fide attempt to communicate with the child and to provide for the…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. State v. FoxSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1968
  2. Waldrup v. CraneSupreme Court of Georgia · 1948
  3. Chandler v. CochranSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
  4. Blackburn v. BlackburnCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
  5. Shaddrix v. WomackSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Hicks v. StargelCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
  2. Hicks v. StargelCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997

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