Politics
Child-custody guidelines proposed for soldiers set to deploy
A bill submitted by Sen. Josh McKoon, R-Columbus, would speed up child custody hearings for single military parents who are about to be deployed.
Senate Bill 112 sets guidelines that would be used for determining who would get custody of children during a deployment and how children would be returned to the primary caregiver upon return.
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Christopher Quinn is a writer and editor who has worked for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 1999. He writes stories on Veterans Affairs, business including high-tech growth in metro Atlanta, Georgia's $72 billion farm economy, and he oversees assigning and editing news obituaries.
