Edwards v. Martin

Jim Johnson, Associate Justice.

This is a child custody ease. It is a contest between the mother, Mrs. Grraydon Edwards, appellant, and the grandmother, Mrs. Larkin Martin, appellee, over the custody of a minor child, Eichard James Foord. This is the second appearance of this matter before this Court. The first appeal came to this Court from an order of the Ouachita County Probate Court granting custody of the child to the grandmother, appellee herein. On appeal, this Court in Edwards v. Martin, 231 Ark. 528, 331 S. W. 2d 97, held that probate courts are without power or authority to determine…