GA 19-9-3 - GA 19-9-3

Visitation Rights Portion of custody award concerning visitation may be modified. - In any case in which judgment has been entered awarding custody of minor, on motion of any party or on motion of court, that portion of judgment concerning visitation rights between parties and their minor children may be subject to review and modification or alteration. Tirado v. Shelnutt, 159 Ga. App. 624 , 284 S.E.2d 641 (1981). Plaintiff ex-husband was correct that the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment protected a parent's fundamental right to participate in the care, custody, and management of their children, but he failed to show that O.C.G.A. § 19-9-3 violated his substantive due process rights because neither the U.S. Supreme Court nor the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ...