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SUMMARIES OF OPINIONS
Published Monday, January 9, 2012 Please note: Opinion summaries are prepared by the Public Information Office for the general public and news media. Summaries are not prepared for every opinion released by the Court, but only for those cases considered of great public interest or in which a Justice dissented or the Court reviewed a case from the Court of Appeals. Opinion summaries are not to be considered as official opinions of the Court. The full opinions are available on the Supreme Court website at www.gasupreme.us . KUNZ ET AL. V. BAILEY ET AL. (S11G0867) The Supreme Court of Georgia has ruled against the grandparents of their son's daughter, agreeing with the Georgia Court of Appeals that the girl's adoptive father is her legal "parent" under the law. Carrie Jean and Jason Kunz divorced in June 2002, four months before their daughter was born. She later married Douglas Bailey, and in 2006, Jason surrendered his parental rights, and Douglas adopted the child. According to briefs filed in the case, a dispute arose over ongoing grandparent visitation, and in 2009 Jason's parents

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