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RAINER v. ROWLETT

No. 73-181.

502 S.W.2d 617 (1973)

Mary RAINER and Tom Rainer, Appellants, v. Pat ROWLETT, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

December 24, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guy H. Jones, Phil Stratton and Guy Jones, Jr., Conway, for appellants.

Brazil & Roberts, Conway, for appellee.

GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

The appellee, Pat Rowlett, brought this suit against her parents, the appellants Tom and Mary Rainer, to obtain the custody of Pat's four-year-old daughter, Janet Diana Rainer. The appellants, relying upon an oral contract with Pat, defended the suit upon the theory that they had "equitably adopted" the infant. The chancellor attached scant weight to the contract and awarded custody to Pat. In seeking a reversal the appellants continue...

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