ESTES v. MASNER

No. 5-4499.

427 S.W.2d 161 (1968)

244 Ark. 797

Ruth ESTES, Appellant, v. Don MASNER et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

May 6, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terral, Rawlings, Matthews & Purtle, Little Rock, for appellant.

Pickens, Pickens & Boyce, and Kenneth Castleberry, Newport, for appellees.


FOGLEMAN, Justice.

This appeal is from a decree of the Independence Chancery Court holding appellant in contempt of court and modifying an original custody award. For reversal, appellant contends that the trial court was without jurisdiction to hear the citation for contempt; that the notice of the contempt hearing was improper and invalid; and that the custody change is invalid due to lack of prior notice.

As to the facts necessary to decide this case, the...

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