Olney v. Gordon

402 S.W.2d 651 (1966)

Boyd D. OLNEY, Appellant,

v.

Frederick L. GORDON et ux., Appellees.

No. 5-3873.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

May 9, 1966.

Rehearing Denied June 6, 1966.

Warner, Warner, Ragon & Smith, Fort Smith, for appellant.

Bethell & Pearce, by Donald P. Callaway, Fort Smith, for appellees.

GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

On June 10, 1963, the appellees, Frederick L. Gordon and his wife, obtained a decree in Oklahoma by which they purportedly adopted the nine-day-old son of the appellant, Boyd D. Olney. That decree was entered without the father's knowledge and without any notice whatsoever to him…