Legal Opinion

Knight v. Deavers

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided January 12, 1976No. 75-152PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

John A. Fogleman, Justice.

This appeal comes from the refusal of the chancery court to specifically enforce an agreement by foster parents with whom the Family & Children’s Services of the Arkansas Social Services had placed Kimmi Jo Bullock. We find no error and affirm.

The litigation was spawned by the filing of a petition on September 5, 1974 by appellees Delbert R. Deavers and his wife Mary Betha Deavers to adopt Kimmi, who was born August 23, 1969. It was alleged in the petition that the whereabouts of Kimmi’s mother were unknown. A written consent to the adoption by R. C. Bullock, her…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Wilson v. WilsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1958
  2. Woodson v. LeeSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1953
  3. Coulter v. SypertSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1906
  4. Haller v. HallerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1962
  5. Byrne v. JonesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1908

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Oxendine v. Catawba County Department of Social ServicesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1981
  2. Langston v. LangstonCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 1981
  3. Bunt v. BuntSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1988
  4. United States v. KingCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1988
  5. United States v. KingCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1988

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