Murphy v. Murphy

Hill, Justice.

This divorce case began in June 1972 when Michael Vincent Murphy, III, filed for divorce in Fulton Superior Court. For earlier proceedings, see Murphy v. Murphy, 232 Ga. 352 (206 SE2d 458) (1974), cert. den. 421 U. S. 929. On September 15,1972, the court awarded temporary custody of the parties’ only child to the father’s parents, with whom the father lived. Later, after granting the parties a divorce on the ground that the marriage was irretrievably broken, the court held a final hearing in 1976 on the child custody issue and awarded permanent custody to the father. The mother…