Locke v. Locke

Grice, Justice.

The controlling issue here is whether the trial court had jurisdiction of a proceeding seeking to change the custody of a minor child. The petition was filed in the Superior Court of Whitfield County by the child’s father, Richard Clay Locke, against the mother, Ruby Beaver Locke. The allegations, insofar as material here, follow.

The father resides in Whitfield County, Georgia. The mother is a resident of Hamilton County, Tennessee. She is represented in the matter of custody and visitation of the child by a named attorney on whom service may be perfected. The Superior Court of…