Binns v. Smith

Weltner, Justice.

The sole question presented in this appeal is whether or not the provisions of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act, OCGA § 19-9-40 et seq. (Code Ann. § 74-501 et seq.), can be the basis for jurisdiction in the courts of this state over a person residing in a foreign country.

The question arises because a former wife, granted custody of the children of the marriage by the Superior Court of Whitfield County, Georgia, has removed from the State of Georgia, and, being now domiciled in Canada, has filed, together with her new husband, adoption proceedings in the courts of…