SMITH v. PAVAN

No. CV-15-988.

2015 Ark. 474

NATHANIEL SMITH, MD, MPH, DIRECTOR OF THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY, AND HIS SUCCESSORS IN OFFICE, PETITIONER, v. MARISA N. PAVAN AND TERRAH D. PAVAN, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS PARENTS, NEXT FRIENDS, AND GUARDIANS OF T.R.P., A MINOR CHILD; LEIGH D.W. JACOBS AND JANA S. JACOBS, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS PARENTS, NEXT FRIENDS, AND GUARDIANS OF F.D.J., A MINOR CHILD; AND COURTNEY, M. KASSEL AND KELLY L. SCOTT, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS PARENTS, NEXT FRIENDS, AND GUARDIANS OF A.G.S., A MINOR CHILD, RESPONDENTS.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Opinion Delivered December 10, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cheryl K. Maples , for respondents.

Leslie Rutledge , Att'y Gen., by: Colin R. Jorgensen , Ass't Att'y Gen., for appellee.


Nathaniel Smith, M.D., in his official capacity as Director of the Arkansas Department of Health, has petitioned this court for an emergency stay of an order entered by the Pulaski County Circuit Court, Sixth Division. Petitioner requests that the order be stayed pending an appeal to this court. We grant the petition in part and deny the petition...

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