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Inspired yet again by another SOML story. A gentlemen talked about how society is more dangerous in his town and kids are destroying things. A comment was made of kids wanting so much all the time. Here are my thoughts –
My father was treated by strict hard hands growing up in his time. I don't know about anybody else but my grandparents on my father side were not very loving. In fact, they would yell, argue, debate, swear at each other and anybody else who would come to visit. Our visits usually consisted of us sitting around a long table playing cards and yelling at each other. We weren't even Italian. Oops sorry for the stigma.
My grandmother didn't like little girls. I was usually pushed aside or told to go away. The only nice thing I remember about my grandmother was when she made donute holes. Mmmm. Those were yummy. My grandmother had 4 boys of her own and I felt like she was a little more affectionate to my brothers than to me. When I was about 12 years old she gave me the book "Flowers in the Attic" by V.C. Andrews and told me that this should make me appreciate her more. That book could've been one of the sharp turns in my life pointing me in the direction of my depression. I was so consumed by that book that I had to read more of V.C. Andrews. Throughout my young teenage years I searched the stores for any new ones that she may have written. I don't know why but I've kept them all. I cover one whole bookshelf with them all (which is about one bankers box full – messed up, huh?).
My dad scared me when I was a child. He would not hesitate to spank us or whip us. He wouldn't even try to find out the truth in a situation. If someone was the culprit in making him angry it didn't matter if someone else did something to cause it, out would come the leather belt. I can't count how many times I was whipped with the belt or spanked by the hand. I thought his hands were so big back then. Always steady and strong. I wonder now what his childhood was like. Was it much worse? I can never tell by his stories. Sometimes I don't know whether he's telling the truth or not when he talks about his life before me. He's always been one of those people that I describe as "he thinks he knows a lot about everything, when he really knows little about very little".
He's an exaggerator, like me. I've been told. I don't exaggerate to the point of lying it's just that others don't agree with my point of view because I make mountains out of molehills. Like once I told my husband that I thought I had an evil heart. He didn't like that at all. His viewpoint of what is evil is totally different from mine. He believes evil is people doing unspeakable acts. Whereas for that particular comment I made I thought evil was thinking mean thoughts of others. Two totally different scales I agree.
Back to my story. There was one summer day when I was about 7 or 8 years old and I was in my room playing with my dolls. I was fine all by myself and then along comes my brother, Eric and our neighbor David. Usually they don't go in my and my sister's bedroom and we (girls) don't go in our brothers bedroom. I think we were taught early on to stay out for privacy considerations.
This particular day my mom was gone somewhere and my dad was home from work (very unusual to see him during the day). My dad was taking a siesta on his chair in the living room. Before I knew what happened, Eric and David took my doll and started to tease me with her. They wouldn't give her back to me. Believe it or not, they were literally holding her above my head so I couldn't reach her. I got angry and yelled at them to leave me alone. When that didn't work I tried to play with something else and they took that from me too. So I'm trying to stand up to them and it's not working so I start to cry. My dad yelled from the living room once and when the ruckus didn't simmer down then he stomps in and yells at me to stop crying and yelling. I did my best to try and stifle the sobs while he stood there yelling at me in front of my brother and neighbor. How unfair! I knew it was useless to defend myself but I tried to explain to my dad what they were doing. He didn't care. I was the one making the noise.
He left the room and they went at it again. This time they were worse. Doing whatever they could to get me to cry. I just wanted to be left alone. Why couldn't they leave me alone? Why didn't my dad tell them to leave my room in the first place? Hello, a little common sense would tell you that if you want peace and quiet then maybe you should separate the kids….duh!!! I was infuriated! It wasn't long and my dad stormed in there again. This time he didn't say anything as he pulled down my skirt and spanked me bare ass in front of those two boys! God, it still pisses me off! And they just stood there and watched. Didn't even have the decency to look away. Ooh I hated them so much!!! I was so mad at my dad! I knew that I was too old to be spanked "bare ass"! There was absolutely no reason for that what so ever! And really, pulling down a skirt?
There are a lot of other times that I've blanked out of my memory. But here's one that my dad reminded me of the last time he came to visit me. He was giving me a hard time about keeping my coffee table clean. I told him that that was the least of my worries when I work all day long and the coffee table was no antique family heirloom. So he brings up the fact that my mother was not good at keeping the house cleaned when she was raising us kids. I bite my tongue a lot when I talk to my dad nowadays. My mother did the best she could and I'd like to see him be better than she was at it.
Anyways, he recalled one particular time that one of us kids spilled milk in the frig and it started to stink. He told my mom to get us kids to clean it up and he wanted it done before he came home from work that night. Well, she didn't. I'm sure she had plenty of other things to do. But if she was anything like I am now, I wouldn't have done it out of spite.
Well, he tells me proudly how at midnight he comes home and finds that it wasn't cleaned so he wakes my mother up and then he wakes all four of us kids to take everything out of the frig piece by piece and scrub it down. After he smugly told me this as if he should get some sort of emmy for it, I recalled that particular night. I was very young. I didn't have a clue what was going on or why. I was half asleep just doing what I was told.
There's a reason why I'm bringing all of this up besides the fact that I want to write down all of my memories whether good or bad (I know there's more bad, I need to focus on the good more). That is, I believe over the course of the generations where families were brought up strict and had very different beliefs on how to raise children and of course weren't afraid to scold them in public, the younger generations are in fact trying to make up for those painful upbringings. I know there's more to it. I mean there's a lot of ingredients that go in this pot.
I can only speak for myself when I look into my daughter's eyes and I cannot bring myself to spank her. I've only had to do it one time…during the first two weeks back home from the hospital with my newborn son, I was breastfeeding him in my bed and Audrey was laying beside me. Out of the blue she starts kicking. I told her to stop. She keeps doing it. I told her to stop again, she does it so much that she kicks Cameron on the head and he starts to scream. I put Cameron down in his basinet and then I go to Audrey and try to calmly get her to stop (she's still kicking uncontrollably). She wouldn't stop. Wouldn't listen to anything I was saying. So I hold her in my arms and she is still going strong. I couldn't even hold her. I tried that for a few minutes and it did nothing. I felt I had no choice but to spank the backside of her leg. Just once, to show I meant business. She stopped and looked at me in such shock with big crocodile tears. It broke my heart. But I felt like she was in hysterics and the only way I could get her to stop was to snap her out of it. She already hurt Cameron and I didn't want her to hurt herself in the process too. So there. I confessed.
Now get this little side note. A couple days later and she's going to spend the day with grandma (MIL). Wasn't long after, MIL confronts me on the subject that Audrey said I hit her. I just stared her in the face. Trying hard not to change my expression in my face. I was not going to go down that road with her. I don't need to explain myself to her. She was probing like she always does. Besides I already told my husband what happened so it wasn't like it was a big secret or anything. I just knew there is no talking to my MIL. Anyways, she mentions how little kids don't know what they are saying and how it could've been an accident and we just don't know how to decipher what 2 year olds are saying. Her big point was the reason why she didn't want her to go to daycare when she was an infant because they can't tell you if something wrong is going on at the daycare. I agree. But the other point she wanted to make was that my daughter told her and she "knew". Would you believe that 8 months later she brings this up again!!! Man alive! I thought I had a problem with letting go.
Needless to say, it is very hard for me to tell my sweet little girl no if she wants something. But I usually make her work for it or wait for it. I want her to know that if she wants something that it doesn't come easy. She may get a time out once in a while (which she thought was a game when we first started to do that). But I bet this is vastly different then the way my parents were brought up. And because of how I was brought up it is no wonder that I want my children to be loved and understood. It is unfortunate that others in the world abuse this or maybe don't bother raising their children right. It scares the hell out of me to see how dangerous the world is changing. I can only pray.
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(before I got sick as a child) we had to do each other's chores. It added on about twice as much work to our already heavy loads. Kept us in check.
But I had friends who were spanked bare bottom with switches or belts. And they all hated it. I will never spank my kids, but it's tempting...
I remember that. I only got spanked once but my brothers got it all the time. Poor things.
sounds like a louder version of my dad.... ugh
that brought back some BAD memories!!! :)
my mom had this nasty gold snake thing, you remember those? They were stretchy? She'd get the back of my calves with that thing.... that HURT!
thats sad what your dad did to you, and to pull your skirt down infront of the boys...how embarrissing and unessesary. but i remember a few years back my dad was the same way. im 16 now & he still thinks he can smack me around.
So much easier, but so wrong.
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Veteran's authorized to Salute
I just found out that veteran's and active duty personel out of uniform are now authorized to "now render the military-style hand salute" at the raising, lowering or passing of the flag. They are also authorized to Salute during the playing of the National Anthem. This change was authorized when President Bush signed the Defense Authorization Act of 2009.
Why am I always the last to know?!
Semper Fi, brothers....don't forget to Salute from now on!
Now I have a question regarding my own post! Should the salute be rendered with our without let's say a ball cap? Should I take the cap off and salute? Or salute with the cap on?
This is all to confusing for an old jar head like me!
Salute with the ball cap on,if you take it off, then you would hold it over your heart.
I have been saluting ever since I got out of the Corps Feb 1972, I didn't need anyone to "authorize" it.
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p5060.20, Marine corps drill and ceremonies manual.//
1. This Almar reinforces the importance of our customs and traditions and amplifies the provisions of the reference for Rendering salutes and honors to the national flag; the proper conduct of the Marine corps birthday cake cutting ceremony; and The playing of the Marines' hymn.
2. Customs and traditions provide a link to the past; they bond Marines who have gone before with Marines who will carry the Torch through the future. Any loss of tradition or improper observation of custom blurs our identity and weakens us as an Institution. Through the faithful adherence by commanders and each individual Marine, we preserve our identity and reputation As a unique and elite fighting organization.
3. Saluting. A recent change to the law has authorized active duty and retired service members to salute the national Colors, whether covered or uncovered, indoors or out. By custom and tradition, Marines do not render the hand salute when Out of uniform or when uncovered. Let there be no confusion; that has not changed. During the playing of the national Anthem, or the raising, lowering, or passing of the national flag, Marines will continue to follow naval traditions and the Policy / procedures contained in reference (a). Specifically, Marines not in uniform will face the flag, stand at attention, And place the right hand over the heart. If covered, Marines not in uniform will remove their headgear with the right hand And place their right hand over their heart. When the flag is not present, Marines will act in the same manner while facing In the direction of the music. In cases such as indoor ceremonies, when Marines are in uniform and uncovered, they will face The flag, or the direction of the music when the flag is not present, and stand at attention.
4. The Marine corps birthday cake cutting ceremony. The Marine corps birthday cake cutting ceremony is one of our Time-honored traditions in garrison, in the field, and in combat. One of the most important elements of the ceremony is the Traditional recognition of the oldest and youngest Marines present. To clarify the language in reference (a), the commander Cuts the cake and hands the first piece to the guest of honor. Then the commander hands the second piece of cake to the Oldest Marine present as a sign of honor and respect to experience and seniority. After taking a bite, the oldest Marine Passes the second piece of cake, and a clean fork, directly to the youngest Marine present; this action symbolizes the Passing of wisdom, knowledge, and experience, as well as trust and confidence in those who will continue to carry on our Marine corps traditions.
5. Playing of the Marines' hymn. The Marines' hymn is the official hymn of the Marine corps. It is the song of praise to Our institution and the lyrics are a direct tribute to our warfighting culture. By custom and tradition, the Marines' hymn Is the last song played at ceremonies and gatherings of Marines. Although the reference allows for the playing of special Music requests before the Marines' hymn, such as "anchor's aweigh," this is by exception and at the discretion of the local Commander.
6. One of our hallmarks as Marines is that we are as good on parade as we are in the attack. Our sharp appearance - in and Out of uniform - and our success in battle are two important parts of our identity. We take pride in our traditions, and Their uniform application, wherever Marines are assigned.
7. Semper fidelis,
James t. Conway,
General, U.S. Marine Corps,
Commandant of the Marine Corps.
Like I said... I dont need any directives telling me if, when and how to salute....
Bottom line it's all about showing respect!
Commander CT 31-1
Combat Vets Association
I never really thought about it.During Memorial Day parades,ball games and such I usually took my ball cap off my balding head and put over my heart when the flag passed or the National Anthem was played. It's good to know we as X Marines are given that honor to perform the" Hand Salute".After all, that Oath we all took 40 some years age didn't come with an expiration date.As far as I'm concerned an oath is an oath .It will apply till you die,you're still there in spirit and support.
Thanks for the info. on saluting.I see from your profile you've read W.E.B. Griffin.I've read them too.He's outstanding.The series about the Corps was the first I read.His other series are good too
Semper Fi Brother
Just wondering did they really need that? What are they going to light you up because you are in civvis and render a salute to the flag passing?
Sorry M. vs R. didn't mean to stir the pot or sound stupid. From now on I'll do more listening and less talking
Like what would happen before this announcement if you rendered a salute? Was it seen as disrespecting the flag?
Just seems like a silly MarAdmin.
Paying respect to Flag and Anthem
As citizens we are all obligated to pay respect to the "Flag", when the "Anthem" is played at
ball games or as it passes in a parade on Memorial Day. I've always have. Some, though,seem to be embarrassed or too cool to be bothered.It's not their fault ,they probably never had to sacrifice for it.In a sense that's why we served, I guess, to give them that option whether we like it or not.It pi..es me off but what can you do.
Question: How do you feel and how do you react when the"Marines Hymn" is played at a parade you attend?I'm sure we're all the same . Semper Fi
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PTK is known for its knife work, some groups can get too drill centric, but even if that particular school does over do it with drilling, it will provide a comprehensive exposure to weapon based arts. I do like to look for schools that get beyond the drills and work on sparring regularly.
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Thanks for the info guys. The fact that they spar at this place has me hooked already. They are small classes (between 4 and 8 students), so if the technique isn't being applied properly, Mike, the instructor, makes sure to show you the right one.
He's definitely part of Pekiti Tirsia International and came highly recommended from a few people I know, due to how he teaches and the fact that he is one of Bill McGrath's students.
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The PTK Global Org is too big and wide ranging to be considered "an environment", and to have a homogenous psychological profile it would have to be smaller and more cult like. GT Gaje likes to talk and write and it is easy to perceive the wrong idea but he just loves what he does and it is infectious.
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Entering training camp in 2013, the Buffalo Bills have only one player that will miss practice time to start off the festivities in Pittsford, NY.
Offensive tackle Chris Hairston, who some consider to be the favorite to win the right tackle job, will start camp at St. John Fisher College on the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list. It's said to be a lower-body injury (no, this isn't hockey), but the Bills are hoping for the best with the third-year player.
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When I was 10, the same age my son is now, I had a serious migraine headache that was completely disorienting. I had trouble speaking. I knew what I wanted to say, but my mouth wouldnt form the words.
The doctors thought I might have had an epileptic seizure, but medical tests came back normal.
The diagnosis was a complex migraine. Doctors told my parents that anxiety or stress could have triggered it. My mom mention that to some neighbors, and I remember one said, Stress! What kid has stress?
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|Route Climbed: watrous gulch Date Climbed: OCT 5, 2005
|good day
|Posted Oct 6, 2005 12:04 pm
|Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: May 21, 2005
|We did the Grand Circle route up Englemann, Robeson, Parnassus, Bard and Woods starting from the Urad Mine and ending at the Herman Gulch TH.
|Posted Jun 8, 2005 2:45 pm
|Route Climbed: Exit 218 Watrous Gulch Approach Date Climbed: 08/2003
|The neighboring Bard Peak would be easy too also hit in a day but we had to descend due to building stormclouds
|Posted Mar 20, 2005 8:53 pm
|Route Climbed: Watrous Gulch Date Climbed: August 2003
|Climbed this with a new co-worker who has turned out to be one of my main climbing partners! Chased off the summit by some lightning, but otherwise a good day! A Tri-Centennial.
|Posted Mar 1, 2005 3:30 pm
|Route Climbed: Watrous Gulch Date Climbed: November 2004
|Perfect day, went up with a neighbor and it was his first peak. Also, we celebrated his first week being smoke free with a peak climb, awsome job for him.
|Posted Nov 21, 2004 11:07 pm
|Route Climbed: Watrous Gulch Date Climbed: November 16, 2004
|What and awesome area. My wife and I had a great day with warmer temps and no wind. Only 3-5 inches of snow to contend with and excellent views from Long's to Holy Cross. Couldn't have picked a better late season day.
|Posted Nov 16, 2004 4:05 pm
|Route Climbed: Watrous Gulch Date Climbed: October 31, 2004
|Windy and cold on the summit ridge. A storm was coming in so we didn't stay long and couldn't really see very much. A very cool view of Bard Peak though. A nice hike with easy access and a short drive from Denver.
|Posted Nov 2, 2004 12:26 pm
|Route Climbed: Watrous Gulch Date Climbed: October 26, 2004
|Good views of familiar peaks from this one. An icy wind up high so I didn't stay long. The first hike I've done from the Herman Gulch TH without seeing another person.
|Posted Oct 26, 2004 3:21 pm
|Route Climbed: w ridge and n ridge Date Climbed: many times
|this, along with Woods mtn, is a great winter day hike from denver, from watrous gulch.
|Posted May 21, 2004 9:14 pm
|Route Climbed: Watrous Gulch Date Climbed: May 12, 2004
|Trail was nice most of the way, although snow covered a large portion of the route to the saddle once I crossed the creek. Some postholing was encounted, but all in all the snow was solid to walk on. I reached the summit in 2.5 hours to cold and winds. I was surprised to see a summit cairn and log, which I signed. A bit cloudy the whole trip, but I beat the weather and had a good time!
|Posted May 13, 2004 8:35 am
|Ryan Kowalski
|Route Climbed: Watrous Gulch Date Climbed: August 23, 2003
|A beautiful summit attained by a very gentle slope. Its a great half day hike near Denver and Watrous Gulch is a very beautiful place. I think Watrous Gulch would make an absolutely great date hike!
|Posted Feb 24, 2004 4:19 pm
|Route Climbed: Watrous Gulch Date Climbed: June 7, 2003
|This was my 3rd attempt at Parnassus and I am happy to say I summitted. First two times made it to the saddle between Woods and Parnassus only to find no visibility and horrific winds. Wind was present on this ascent but the skies were clear and sunny. Great mountain for aclimitization. Very steep tundra slopes also good for getting in shape.
|Posted Jun 18, 2003 5:56 pm
|Route Climbed: Watrous Gulch TH Date Climbed: June, 2000
|This was a great spring training climb. We began at Watrous Gulch, took a right turn at the Bard Creek Trail, then bushwhacked up a ridge to the summit. We headed north toward Woods Mtn and down into Watrous Gulch, making it a neat loop hike.
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Subject Matter Index: Denial of petition for temporary guardianship of a minor child affirmed; evidence that child would be eligible for health benefits under petitioner's insurance policy if she became his guardian was an insufficient basis for appointment, and there was no evidence that child's mother could not care for him or that he otherwise needed a guardian.
Headnote: The Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of Laura J. Roscoe's petition for the temporary guardianship of A.T.P., holding that the evidence supported the trial court's findings that the child did not need a guardian. Evidence that the child would be eligible for health benefits under Roscoe's insurance policy if she became his guardian was an insufficient basis for such an appointment, and there was no evidence that the child's mother could not care for him.
Text: Ruffin, John H., Chief JudgeLaura J. Roscoe filed a petition in the probate court of Henry County seeking temporary guardianship of A.T.P., a minor child. The probate court denied her petition and she filed a de novo appeal in the superior court.1 The superior court also denied her petition, and she appeals.2 For reasons which follow, we affirm.
Roscoe lives with A.T.P. and his mother, who is unemployed. Roscoe provides the sole financial support for the child. The child has no health insurance, but Roscoe's current health insurance would extend to A.T.P. if he was under her temporary guardianship.
Roscoe filed her petition for temporary guardianship along with the mother's temporary relinquishment of parental rights, which included a request that Roscoe be appointed the child's temporary guardian. The sole reason for Roscoe's petition was to qualify the child under Roscoe's health insurance coverage.
OCGA § 29-4-4.1 provides a method for appointing a temporary guardian of the person or property, or both, of a minor child who has a living natural guardian.3 The probate court has the power to appoint a temporary guardian "when the minor is alleged by the person having actual physical custody of such minor to be in need of a guardian."4 If a natural guardian chooses an individual to be their child's temporary guardian, the probate court "must honor that preference if it is stated in a notarized relinquishment of parental rights."5 The temporary guardianship will be dissolved by the probate court at the natural guardian's request.6 A temporary guardian cannot be appointed under this statute without notice to the child's natural guardians nor may an appointment be made over the objection of a natural guardian.7
The superior court denied Roscoe's petition, finding that it need not accept the mother's temporary relinquishment of rights if it did not believe the child was in need of a guardian, that the child was not in fact in need of a guardian, and that obtaining health insurance for the child was not sufficient reason for the court to grant a guardianship. Roscoe claims that the superior court was required to accept the mother's designation of a temporary guardian and that obtaining health insurance for the child was sufficient reason to appoint a temporary guardian.
Under Roscoe's interpretation of OCGA § 29-4-4.1, the probate court had no discretion to refuse to appoint her as temporary guardian of A.T.P. so long as his mother had expressed a preference that Roscoe be appointed as his temporary guardian in her notarized relinquishment of parental rights. Although the natural guardian may choose who will act as her minor child's temporary guardian,8 the initial decision to appoint the temporary guardian is not mandatory on the court. The statute provides only that the probate court "shall have the power" to appoint a temporary guardian.9 Probate courts have jurisdiction to appoint the guardians of minors.10 Under Roscoe's interpretation of OCGA § 29-4-4.1, the legislature has effectively transferred that jurisdiction to an applicant and natural guardian who file the appropriate paperwork, regardless of the actual situation of the minor or even the truthfulness of the statements submitted to the court. We decline to accept this interpretation. Probate courts retain judicial discretion in the appointment of temporary guardians under OCGA § 29-4-4.1. The question before us, then, is whether the court abused its discretion in refusing to appoint Roscoe to be the temporary guardian of A.T.P.
It is apparent from the record that Roscoe filed the petition only to qualify A.T.P. under her health insurance plan.
Court: "Why is the minor in need of a guardian when it's got a mother living in the home with him?"
[Roscoe's Attorney]: "The minor is in need of a guardian so that the minor child can have health insurance granted."
A temporary guardianship would, by operation of law, constitute a permanent guardianship for the purposes of health insurance coverage, so long as the temporary guardian agrees to support the ward.11 But OCGA § 29-4-4.1 is a statute primarily designed to provide for the appointment of temporary guardians, not the provision of health insurance. Health insurance is an important benefit for a child, but we can find no precedent for the proposition that a child who lacks health insurance is in need of a guardian for that reason alone. Here, there was no basis for the appointment of a guardian other than to obtain an isolated but desirable benefit for the child.12
OCGA § 29-4-4.1 (a) requires that the child be in need of a guardian. The child was living with his mother, who was not alleged to be incompetent or under any duress or difficulty with respect to her parental responsibilities, who had been caring for her child, and who would presumably continue to care for the child regardless of the disposition of the petition at hand. Given that the evidence showed that A.T.P. was not in need of a guardian, notwithstanding the allegation by Roscoe to the contrary, we find the superior court did not abuse its discretion by refusing to appoint Roscoe as A.T.P.'s temporary guardian.
Roscoe's reliance on Brooks v. Parkerson,13 is misplaced. There, the Georgia Supreme Court recognized the "constitutionally protected interests of parents to raise their children without undue state interference."14 We do not find that the protected interest of parents to rear their children without interference is analogous to this case, which involves a relinquishment of parental rights to another. The court did not interfere with the mother's parental rights by refusing to grant Roscoe's petition.
Judgment affirmed. Andrews, P.J., and Ellington, J., concur.
1See OCGA § 5-3-2 (a); OCGA § 5-3-29.
2See Phillips v. State, 261 Ga. 190 (402 SE2d 737) (1991) (no application for appeal is required from decisions of the superior courts reviewing judgments of the probate courts).
3"Natural guardians" include either parent. If a parent is dead, or if the parents are legally separated or divorced, the parent having custody is the natural guardian. OCGA § 29-4-2.
4OCGA § 29-4-4.1 (a) (1).
5OCGA § 29-4-4.1 (a) (3).
6OCGA § 29-4-4.1 (c).
7OCGA § 29-4-4.1 (a) (1); OCGA § 29-4-4.1 (b).
8OCGA § 29-4-4.1 (a) (3).
9OCGA § 29-4-4.1 (a) (1).
11OCGA § 29-4-4.1 (d).
12The superior court noted its previous denials of petitions for temporary guardianship which had been requested so that a child could qualify for a school district.
13265 Ga. 189 (454 SE2d 769) (1995).
14Id. at 191.
Trial Judge: Arch Mcgarity, Henry Superior Court.,
Attorneys: Steven H. Koval, Atlanta, for appellant.,


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