Court Opinion

ID: 9580914
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 22:10:12.754727+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:36:36.017211
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Grice, Justice,
dissenting. I cannot agree with the majority that the trial court abused its discretion in awarding visitation privileges to the grandparents.. It has always been the law in this State that in cases involving the custody of children the chief concern is the best interest and welfare of the child, and that the court has a wide discretion in achieving this. See Code § 50-121; Oetter v. Oetter, 150 Ga. 118 (2) (102 SE 818) (one Justice absent); Scott v. Scott, 154 Ga. 659 (115 SE 2); Evans v. Lane, 8 Ga. App. 826 (70 SE 603). Under the circumstances here, where the child has been with the grandparents since his birth and is undergoing treatment for an eye condition for which he faces possible further surgery, it is my opinion that the judgment providing visitation with the grandparents should not be disturbed.
I am authorized to state that Mr. Justice Mobley joins in this dissent.