222 Ga. 841 | Ga. | 1967
In the brief of counsel for the appellant it is stated that he “insists that the only question for adjudication is whether the change in circumstances of Levada Rogers is sufficient to remove this case from within the scope of the adjudication of the former cases.”
The only allegation of the petition asserting a change of circumstances concerns the improvement in health of one of the petitioners, and this allegation by a person not a parent of the child does not show a change of circumstances material to the welfare of the minor child which will prevent the bar of res judicata by the previous adjudications. The trial judge therefore properly sustained the plea of res judicata and dismissed the petition.
Since the only issue dealt with by the trial judge was that made by the plea of res judicata, no question was made by this appeal as to the sufficiency of the petition to show any right in the petitioners, alleging only that they are “foster parents,” to bring a petition for habeas corpus to obtain the custody of a minor child.
Judgment affirmed.