Supreme Court of Georgia, 1979

Curry v. Little

Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided February 27, 1979 · Per Curiam

253 S.E.2d 201; 243 Ga. 219; 1979 Ga. LEXIS 859 (South Eastern Reporter, Second Series)

Cases that cite this one

3 later published cases cite this decision.

Canning v. Evans (Ga. 1982)
Bryant v. Wigley (Ga. 1980)
Gatlin v. Thompson (Ga. 1979)

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Opinion

Per curiam.

In this child custody action, the maternal aunt appeals from a judgment denying her petition for habeas corpus brought against the children’s natural father. The natural parents were married but at the time of the natural mother’s death they were separated.

A person who has no legal right to the custody of a minor child has no standing to bring a habeas corpus *220 action to obtain custody of such a child from a natural parent with parental rights. Spitz v. Holland, 243 Ga. 9 (1979). See Code Ann. §§ 24A-301 (a) (1) (c), 24A-301 (a) (2) (c), 24A-1602,24A-3201 (a). An aunt has no legal right to the custody of a minor child who has a living natural parent with parental rights. The trial court did not err in denying the aunt’s petition for habeas corpus.

Submitted December 1, 1978 Decided February 27, 1979. Lonzy F. Edwards, for appellant. Robert H. Herndon, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur.

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