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MATTER OF ADOPTION OF SAMANT

No. 97-1358.

970 S.W.2d 249 (1998)

333 Ark. 471

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF Samamtha Tara SAMANT, a Minor, Annette Rose Samant, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 11, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kaye H. McLeod, North Little Rock, for Appellant.

No attorney for Appellee.

NEWBERN, Justice.

Appellant Annette Rose Samant petitioned to adopt Samantha Tara Samant, the biological daughter of Ms. Samant's husband, Dr. Sushil Raghunata Samant, and a surrogate mother, Rebekkah Ann Nelson. The Chancellor denied the petition because Ms. Samant and Samantha were only temporarily present in Arkansas to effect the adoption with, as the Chancellor put it, "no pretense of residency or domicile." We reverse and remand because Ark.Code Ann. §...

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