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HUFFMAN v. FISHER

No. 98-1315.

987 S.W.2d 269 (1999)

337 Ark. 58

Kara Kathleen HUFFMAN, a minor, and William H. Huffman and Kathryn Huffman, guardians of the person of Jacob Austen Huffman, a minor, Appellants, v. John Nicholas FISHER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

March 18, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom B. Smith, Wynne, for appellants.

Robert M. Ford, Wynne, for appellee.

RAY THORNTON, Justice.

The question presented by this appeal concerns the right of a noncustodial parent, in cases involving disputes over a child's surname, to insist that the child bear his surname. Appellant Kara Kathleen Huffman, mother of Jacob Austen Huffman (Fisher), brings this appeal of the decision of the Cross County Chancery Court to change her son's surname to that of his father. We reverse the decision of...

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