Campbell v. Chapman

238 Ga. 427 (1977)

233 S.E.2d 155

CAMPBELL

v.

CHAPMAN et al. CAMPBELL

v.

YOHE et al.

31899, 31900.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Submitted January 25, 1977.

Decided February 9, 1977.

Rehearing Denied March 1, 1977.

Stanley C. House, Hinton R. Pierce, for appellant.

Allgood, Childs, Snelling & Brown, George B. Snelling, Jr., Andrew J. Kilpatrick, II, for appellees.

UNDERCOFLER, Presiding Justice.

The mother, who had been awarded custody in an earlier divorce decree, was killed in an accident in which her daughter and her new husband, the child's stepfather, were also involved. The child's maternal grandmother…