SUMTER v. ALLTON

No. 82-261.

648 S.W.2d 55 (1983)

278 Ark. 621

Sue Ann SUMTER and Donald Ray Sumter, Appellants, v. William ALLTON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

March 21, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elrod & Lee by John R. Elrod, Siloam Springs, for appellants.

The Niblock Law Firm by Walter R. Niblock, Fayetteville, for appellee.


DUDLEY, Justice.

In Allton v. Sumter, 274 Ark. 448, 625 S.W.2d 502 (1982), we remanded this case to the trial court to conduct a hearing on whether a decree of adoption should be set aside on the basis of fraud. The trial court set aside the decree and we affirm. The issue presented is whether, under our prior adoption law, the fraud involved was of the extrinsic type which tolled the statute of limitations. Jurisdiction...

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