Patterson v. Patterson

Hines, Justice.

F. Henry Patterson and Evelyn Young Patterson were married February 13, 1993, in South Carolina. Their only child was born on December 8, 1990. The couple separated at the beginning of 1995. Mr. Patterson left South Carolina and moved to Georgia, leaving the child with Ms. Patterson in South Carolina. On April 2, 1996, Mr. *307Patterson filed for divorce in South Carolina. In June 1996, while the divorce action was pending, Mr. Patterson brought the child to Georgia and entered him in school, and the child has since been residing in Georgia. The parties dispute the facts of the…