WHITMER v. SULLIVENT

No. 07-419.

284 S.W.3d 6 (2008)

Kelly Sullivent WHITMER, Appellant, v. Jeromy SULLIVENT, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

May 1, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. C. Plouffe, Jr., El Dorado, for appellant.

James M. Pratt, Camden, for appellee.


DONALD L. CORBIN, Justice.

By certification memorandum dated April 2, 2008, the Arkansas Court of Appeals certified the question of whether an attorney, who is also a prosecutor, should be disqualified from representing a parent in a change-of-custody suit when criminal charges are brought by the prosecuting attorney's office against the other parent's current spouse. We hold that disqualification is not required because there is not a direct conflict of interest...

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