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· 4/22/1975

Triplett v. Elder

Citations

  • 215 S.E.2d 247
  • 234 Ga. 243
  • 1975 Ga. LEXIS 1096

How courts have described this case

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  • taking into account that younger child was mentally retarded and enrolled in a special needs educational program in denying custody to biological mother
  • trial court did not abuse its discretion in finding that best interests of children would be served by remaining together in custody of paternal grandmother who had cared for them for nine years after father’s death

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Judges: Undercofler, Gunter

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