COLEMAN v. BUTLER

No. 88-91.

757 S.W.2d 175 (1988)

296 Ark. 447

Edward L. COLEMAN, et ux., Appellants, v. Martha S. Simpson Coleman BUTLER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

October 10, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward L. Coleman, pro se.

John L. Kearney, Pine Bluff, for appellee.


HICKMAN, Justice.

The only issue in this case is whether the requirement that a foreign judgment be registered in the county in which the defendant resides or is summoned violates the Arkansas and United States Constitutions.

The trial court dismissed the appellants' attempt to register an Ohio decree in Pulaski County. The decree awarded Edward Coleman custody of his son. The defendant, Martha Coleman Butler, lived in Ashley County with the child. She did...

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