Lanning v. Lanning
Lanning v. Lanning
Opinion of the Court
The instant appeal was taken from an order setting aside a judgment in a child custody case. Held:
In Munday v. Munday, 243 Ga. 863 (257 SE2d 282), decided June 27, 1979, the Supreme Court considered the Georgia Child Custody Intrastate Jurisdiction Act of 1978, Section 4 (d) (Code Ann. § 24-304b (d) (Ga. L. 1978, pp. 1957, 1958)) which reads: "The use of a complaint in the nature of habeas corpus seeking a change of child custody is hereby prohibited.” Based on that language the court held: "since jurisdiction of custody cases in this court was predicated upon our habeas corpus jurisdiction, we no longer have a jurisdictional basis for entertaining such appeals not also involving a judgment for divorce.”
The Act provides with regard to the section on which the Supreme Court predicated its opinion: "This Act shall become effective on January 1, 1979, provided, however, that Section 4 of this Act shall not be applicable to actions
Transferred to the Supreme Court.
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