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- For survey article on domestic relations cases for the period from June 1, 2002 through May 31, 2003, see 55 Mercer L. Rev. 223 (2003). For annual survey of domestic relations cases, see 57 Mercer L. Rev. 173 (2005).
- Grandmother was not a "legal guardian" of a child within the meaning of O.C.G.A. § 19-9-22 or O.C.G.A. § 15-11-13. Stills v. Johnson, 272 Ga. 645, 533 S.E.2d 695 (2000).
Change in visitation is form of change in child custody. Tirado v. Shelnutt, 159 Ga. App. 624, 284 S.E.2d 641 (1981).
When the mother had legal custody, it was error for the trial court to indirectly effect a change in custody by modifying a visitation schedule so that the father was given more custody time than the mother. Kennedy v. Adams, 218 Ga. App. 120, 460 S.E.2d 540 (1995).
It was not error for a trial court to order a custody evaluation in a visitation dispute because: (1) O.C.G.A. § 19-9-22(1) included visitation in the definition of "custody"; and (2) O.C.G.A. § 19-9-3(a)(7) authorized the court to order an evaluation. Gottschalk v. Gottschalk, 311 Ga. App. 304, 715 S.E.2d 715 (2011).
Cited in Seymour v. Seymour, 156 Ga. App. 293, 274 S.E.2d 690 (1980); Pruitt v. Hooks, 163 Ga. App. 892, 296 S.E.2d 193 (1982); DeKalb County Dep't of Family & Children Servs. v. Queen, 252 Ga. 274, 312 S.E.2d 800 (1984); In re M.M.A., 174 Ga. App. 898, 332 S.E.2d 39 (1985); Bullington v. Bullington, 181 Ga. App. 256, 351 S.E.2d 700 (1986); Alvarez v. Sills, 258 Ga. 18, 365 S.E.2d 107 (1988); Martin v. Buglioli, 185 Ga. App. 722, 365 S.E.2d 866 (1988); Oglesby v. Deal, 311 Ga. App. 622, 716 S.E.2d 749 (2011); Smith v. Curtis, 316 Ga. App. 890, 730 S.E.2d 604 (2012).
- 2 C.J.S., Adoption of Persons, § 47. 39 C.J.S., Guardian and Ward, §§ 51, 52. 67A C.J.S., Parent and Child, §§ 167, 168.
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