Legal Opinion

Torres v. Jones

Court of Appeals of Arkansas

Decided November 12, 2014No. CV-14-141PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

JOHN MAUZY PITTMAN, Judge.

| lAppellants, Karina Torres and Carlos Rocha, appeal from an order denying their petition to terminate a 2006 order that granted guardianship over appellants’ child to appellee, Theresa Jones. Appellants argue that the 2006 guardianship order was improperly entered because various statutes were not complied with; that the trial court applied the guardianship statute in an unconstitutional manner by ignoring appellants’ rights, as fit parents, to the care of their child by requiring them to prove that" termination of the guardianship was in the child’s best interest;…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Lloyd v. ButtsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2001
  2. Holmes v. ColemanSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1937
  3. Troeskyn v. HerringtonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2012
  4. Graham v. MathenySupreme Court of Arkansas · 2009
  5. Rose v. Harbor East, Inc.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 2013

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. In Re Guardianship of PittsCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2021

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