Supreme Court of Georgia February 16, 2001, S00A1610, S00A2014 (Clark v. Wade)

Hunstein, Justice,

concurring specially.

We are called upon in these appeals to determine whether the application of the best interest of the child standard in OCGA § 19-7-1 (b.l), the Georgia statute governing custody disputes between parents and certain third parties, violates the constitutional rights of competent parents to raise their children without undue interference by the State.