· 10/4/1988
Doe v. Chambers
Citations
- 374 S.E.2d 758
- 188 Ga. App. 879
- 1988 Ga. App. LEXIS 1255
How courts have described this case
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- determining that OCGA § 9-11-52 (a) “requires separate specific findings of fact and conclusions of law in non-jury trials only upon request of any party made prior to such ruling”
- affirming the trial court's grant of a legitimation petition even though the biological father had not developed a relationship with the child when the child had been placed with adoptive parents shortly after birth
- issue at custody hearing was not whether adoptive parents were more qualified to raise child but whether natural father was fit to do so
- issue at custody hearing was not whether adoptive parents were more qualified to raise child but whether natural father was fit to do so
- father who did not learn of child's birth until she was two months old found not to have abandoned opportunity interest
- father who did not learn of child’s birth until she was two months old found not to have abandoned opportunity interest
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Judges: Benham, McMurray, Pope
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