Legal Opinion
Arkansas Department of Human Services v. Cox
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided June 6, 2002No. 01-1021PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JIM HANNAH, Justice.
The Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) appeals orders of the Greene County Probate Court, a temporary guardianship order entered May 16, 2001, a permanent guardianship order entered May 21, 2001, and a September 19, 2001, order. DHS asserts that this case is controlled by the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Enforcement Act (UCCJEA), codified at Ark. Code Ann. §§ 9-19-101&emdash;9-19-401 (Repl. 2002), and that the probate court lacked jurisdiction under the Uniform Act to decide the issue of guardianship, or in the alternative, abused its discretion in failing…
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