Case Name: YOUNGBLOOD v. YOUNGBLOOD
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1988-04-27
Citations: 258 Ga. 207
Docket Number: 45442
Parties: YOUNGBLOOD v. YOUNGBLOOD.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 258
Pages: 207–208

Head Matter:
45442.
YOUNGBLOOD v. YOUNGBLOOD.
(369 SE2d 32)

Opinion:
Per curiam.
In this divorce action the husband was awarded custody of the three children born during the marriage. Evidence established the husband is not the biological father of two of the children. Because of this, the husband is a third party in relation to them and may be awarded custody only upon a finding that the natural mother is unfit. Childs v. Childs, 237 Ga. 177 (227 SE2d 49) (1976). The trial court did not reach the issue of the mother's fitness, so we reverse and re mand for consideration of this issue.
Decided April 27, 1988.
C. Theodore Lee, for appellant.
William P. Johnson, for appellee.
Judgment reversed and remanded.
All the Justices concur.