LEINEN v. ARKANSAS DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES

No. CA 93-947.

886 S.W.2d 895 (1994)

47 Ark.App. 156

Kimberly LEINEN, Appellant, v. ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas.

November 16, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Teri L. Chambers, Little Rock, for appellant.

Virginia B. Cantrell, David P. Cann, Hot Springs, for appellee.

Before the court en banc.


GEORGE K. CRACRAFT, Special Judge.

Kimberly Leinen appeals from an order of the juvenile division of Garland County Chancery Court (juvenile court) declining to exercise its jurisdiction in a custody proceeding and transferring the case to the courts of California as a more appropriate forum. We find no error and affirm.

On December 31, 1992, appellant gave birth to a baby girl in Garland County, Arkansas. On January 8, 1993, the Arkansas Department of Human...

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