Jones v. Burks

ELDRIDGE, Judge.

In this child custody dispute, the noncustodial biological father, appellant-defendant Ralph Jones, challenges the Superior Court of Lowndes County’s judgment awarding custody of his children to their maternal grandmother, appellee-plaintiff Patricia Burks. We granted Jones’ application for discretionary review to determine whether, as he contends, the award of custody to maternal grandmother Burks was error under the OCGA§ 19-7-1 (b.l) “best-interest-of-the-child” standard for no finding that custody in him would harm the children and no finding that custody in Burks best…