" Blackwell v. State, 48 Ga. App. 221 ( 172 S.E. 670). To the same effect see Funderburk v. State, 91 Ga. App. 373 ( 85 S.E.2d 640); Glad v. State, 85 Ga. App. 312 ( 69 S.E.2d 699); Bowling v. State, 62 Ga. App. 540 ( 8 S.E.2d 697); Brock v. State, 54 Ga. App. 403 ( 187 S.E. 906); Brock v. State, 51 Ga. App. 414 ( 180 S.E. 644). Code Ann. ยง 74-9902 further provides in part: "A child . . . abandoned by the father or mother shall be considered to be in a dependent condition when the father or mother charged with the offense does not furnish sufficient food and clothing for the needs of the child."
We note in passing that we are not called upon in this appeal to address the issue of whether the evidence which we now find sufficient to establish jurisdiction of the offense in turn demands a finding as a matter of law that appellant had not wilfully forsaken and deserted the duties of parenthood so as to render him culpable to the charge of abandonment. See Funderburk v. State, 91 Ga. App. 373 ( 85 S.E.2d 640) (1955); Blackwell v. State, 48 Ga. App. 221 (1b) ( 172 S.E. 670) (1934). 2.
In the instant case, the evidence did not demand a finding that appellant had "deserted" the child during the very few weeks she was living in Florida rather than after her return to the prosecutrix's home in Georgia. See Brock v. State, 51 Ga. App. 414 ( 180 S.E. 644) (1955); Funderburk v. State, 91 Ga. App. 373 ( 85 S.E.2d 640) (1955). "Desertion" means "`the wilful forsaking and desertion of the duties of parenthood . . .' [Cit.