Lucas v. Oglesby

A stepfather of minor children, who has not received from their mother a gift or transfer of her parental rights, is not entitled to the value of their services or to prosecute a laborer’s lien therefor, such right, where not transferred by her, remaining solely in the mother. Civil Code (1910), §§ 3022, 3032, 3037; McElmurray v. Turner, 86 Ga. 215, 219 (12 S. E. 359); Brown v. Sockwell, 26 Ga. 380, 386; Cox v. Adams, 5 Ga. App. 296 (63 S. E. 60); City of Albany v. Lindsey, 11 Ga. App. 573, 576 (75 S. E. 911).(o) It appearing, from the instant foreclosure affidavit and the undisputed…