ATKINS v. ATKINS

No. 91-182.

823 S.W.2d 816 (1992)

308 Ark. 1

Linda Gail Sloan ATKINS, Appellant, v. Sterling Oliver ATKINS, Jr., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

January 21, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul S. Rainwater, Crossett, for appellant.

Reid Herrod, Jr., Hamburg, for appellee.


DUDLEY, Justice.

We have accepted appellate jurisdiction of this case because it is a significant case involving the construction and interpretation of state and federal statutes setting out the jurisdictional requirements for interstate child custody disputes, and additionally, it involves interpretation of the federal statute which sets out the requirements for according full faith and credit to a foreign child custody decree. In interpreting the applicable statutes...

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