Owen v. Watts

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that “a child may be adopted by a third party who is neither the stepparent nor relative of the child only if each such living parent has voluntarily and in writing surrendered his rights to the child to that third person for the purpose of enabling that person to adopt the child”
• “[F]oster parents alleging any violation of the [Foster Parents Bill of Rights] have the right to file a grievance with the Department of Human Services.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In the Interest of J. C. W.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-03-08· cited 12×
• Owen v. Watts
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-12-17· cited 9×
• In the Interest of J. C. W.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-11-27· cited 7×
• In Re Jcw
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-03-08
• In the Interest of A. D., a Child
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2022-06-02
• ANDREW PIERCE v. RONALD MARCEL BAILEY
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2025-03-07

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Drummond v. Fulton County Department of Family & Children Services
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-09-07· cited 28×
• In re T. W. O.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-02-28· cited 24×
• Rokowski v. Gilbert
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-08-31· cited 18×
• Owen v. Watts
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-03-05· cited 6×