249 Ga. 864 | Ga. | 1982
The custodial parent brought this child custody habeas corpus proceeding in the Superior Court of Fulton County seeking custody of his sixteen-year-old child who was being detained by the juvenile authorities at the Fulton County Detention Center under an order of the Juvenile Court of Fulton County that allegedly was void for want of personal service of process on the juvenile in the juvenile court proceedings that had resulted in the detention order. The superior court agreed with the custodial parent and held the juvenile proceedings void for lack of personal service on the minor. The juvenile authorities appeal, contending that service of process properly was waived by implication by the appearance of the juvenile, his parent, and his attorney at law in the juvenile court proceedings without objecting to lack of service. We agree with the juvenile authorities and reverse.
Code Ann. § 24A-1701 (b) provides, in relevant part, that “The
Judgment reversed.