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IN RE ADOPTION OF TOMPKINS

No. 99-957.

20 S.W.3d 385 (2000)

In The Matter of the ADOPTION OF Tyler Davis TOMPKINS, a Minor. Anthony and Elizabeth Johnson v. Melissa Joyce Tompkins.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

July 7, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baxter, Jensen, Payne & Young, by: Ray Baxter, Benton, and John Payne, for appellants.

Robert L. Herzfeld, Jr., Benton, for appellees.

ROBERT L. BROWN, Justice.

The appellants, Anthony and Elizabeth Johnson, are the paternal grandparents of Tyler Davis Johnson, who is the child of appellee Melissa Tompkins and appellants' deceased son, Jeffrey Johnson. Melissa Johnson, now Tompkins, and Jeffrey Johnson were divorced shortly after Tyler's birth, and Melissa Johnson retained custody of Tyler. She then married Kenneth Tompkins in 1992. On September 25, 1998, Jeffrey Johnson died, and on December 30...

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