Freshour v. West

Tom Glaze, Justice.

In this case, we granted review of the court of appeals decision of Freshour v. West, 61 Ark. App. 60, 962 S.W.2d 840 (1998), wherein the court construed Ark. Code Ann. § 9-10-113 (Repl. 1993), Arkansas’s statutory law which sets out certain precepts that a court must consider before it awards custody of an illegitimate child. Until now, we have had only one opportunity to consider and interpret § 9-10-113. See Norwood v. Robinson, 315 Ark. 255, 866 S.W.2d 398 (1993). Thus, we granted review so we can construe this statute in light of our recognized common-law principles…