Ertter v. Dunbar

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that superior court had jurisdiction of aunt and uncle’s petition for permanent custody in the absence of a transfer order to juvenile court, which had placed the child with the maternal grandmother temporarily during a dependency proceeding
• clarifying that custody awarded under former OCGA § 15-11-58 is not “permanent” custody but “long-term” custody
• clarifying that custody awarded under OCGA § 15-11-58 is not “permanent” custody but “long-term” custody
• interpreting OCGA § 15-11-28 (a) (1) (C), the predecessor to OCGA § 15-11-10 (1) (C)
• “The juvenile court’s authority to place a child in the custody of a ‘wining’ and ‘qualified’ relative is not authority to award permanent custody of the child.”
• juvenile court’s authority to award temporary custody under former OCGA § 15-11-58 (i) (1) until the child’s eighteenth birthday did not constitute an award of permanent custody

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

21 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• in the Interest of M.F., a Child
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-11-23· cited 50×
• In the Interest of C. A. J., a Child
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-04-10· cited 7×
• In the Interest of J. C. W.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-11-27· cited 7×
• Stanfield v. Alizota
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-03-17· cited 6×
• Mauldin v. Mauldin
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-06-28· cited 6×
• Alizota v. Stanfield
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-11-20· cited 5×
• Barfield v. Butterworth
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-07-16· cited 4×
• Allifi v. Raider
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-07-16· cited 4×
• In the INTEREST OF E. N., a Child.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-10-17· cited 1×
• In re A. L. S.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-06-20· cited 1×
• In the Interest of B. W.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-03-04· cited 1×
• JOSEPH RICHELLO v. NELSON WILKINSON
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-11-08
• Dunbar v. Ertter
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-06-26
• Elizabeth Mauldin v. Russell Edward Mauldin
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-06-28
• Denise Dunbar v. Shannon Ertter
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-06-26
• Juanita Barfield as Temporary Guardian of Hannah Hester v. Dana Butterworth
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-07-16
• Jessica Alliffi v. Jonas Raider
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-07-16
• In the Interest Of: B. W., a Child (Mother)
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-03-04
• In the Interest of A. L. S., a Child
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-06-20
• Eleanor Degolian Kasper v. Judy Martin
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-04-03

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Long v. Long
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-03-29· cited 32×
• Brine v. Shipp
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-07-13· cited 26×
• Snyder v. Carter
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-11-17· cited 19×
• WIEPERT v. Stover
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-07-02· cited 12×
• Lincoln v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1976-03-08· cited 12×
• Douglas v. Douglas
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-06-15· cited 9×
• Dunbar v. ERTTER
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-11-08· cited 9×
• Stone-Crosby v. Mickens-Cook
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-11-01· cited 5×