Sheffield v. Sheffield

How courts have described this case

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

• “while a third party may have sole legal custody of a child when no parent is suitable for custody, Georgia law only allows joint custody arrangements between parents.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

2 cases in this archive cite this case.

• JEWELL v. McGINNIS Et Al.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-06-22· cited 2×
• Laura Lee Steedley v. Diane L. Gilbreth
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-06-02

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Clark v. Wade
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-02-16· cited 131×
• in the Interest of M.F., a Child
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-11-23· cited 50×
• Stone v. Stone
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-06-29· cited 22×
• Brawner v. Miller
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-10-22· cited 11×
• Holdaway v. Holdaway
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-08-03· cited 6×