Jones v. Jones

Hunt, Justice.

We granted the father’s application for certiorari to the Court of Appeals’ decision reversing the trial court’s grant of his petition to change custody. Jones v. Jones, 178 Ga. App. 794 (344 SE2d 677) (1986). The question presented in this case is whether a noncustodial parent may counterclaim for change of custody in an action brought by the custodial parent, in the court of the noncustodial parent’s residence, to modify visitation rights. OCGA § 19-9-23, the controlling statute, provides, in pertinent part:

“(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, after a court…