Order of ajudication and grant of custody to paternal grandparents REVERSED AND VACATED as juvenile court erred in granting service by publication on childen’s mother; paternal grandparents had available communication channels through which they could have notified mother of hearing, but failed to do so, and juvenile court also failed to place any burden on paternal grandparents to determine what notice they had given her; juvenile court lacked personal jurisdiction over mother based on its improper grant of service by publication and erred in failing to set aside its ajuduication order when mother’s physical location was known and no one attempted to personally serve her.
From: Fulton County Daily Report (10/23/2009)
Taylor v. Padgett, A09A1384 (10/06/09), 09 FCDR 3247
Attorneys: Shawn D. Bible, John S. Husser
Judges: J Michael Giglio, Catoosa Juvenile Court; Miller, Andrews, Barnes, Georgia Court of Appeals