Legal Opinion

Davis-Lewallen v. Clegg

Court of Appeals of Arkansas

Decided September 22, 2010No. CA 10-184PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COURTNEY HUDSON HENRY, Judge.

| ¶Appellant Patti Jo Davis-Lewallen appeals the order entered by the Circuit Court of Clay County denying her petition for guardianship of her daughter’s natural child, S.D., and granting the petition of appellees Matt and Kate Clegg to adopt S.D. For reversal, appellant contends that the circuit court erred in finding that it was not in S.D.’s best interest to be placed with appellant and that the circuit court’s placement analysis was flawed. We affirm.

Appellant is the mother of Jimmi Crystal Davis who gave birth to S.D. on February 8, 2006. Sometime in early…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Lamontagne v. Arkansas Department of Human ServicesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2010
  2. Suster v. Arkansas Department of Human ServicesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1993
  3. Matter of Adoption of Perkins/PollnowSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1989
  4. Arkansas Department of Human Services v. CouchCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 1992
  5. Shields v. KimbleCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2010

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Cowan v. Arkansas Department of Human ServicesCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2012
  2. Daily v. StanleyCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2019
  3. Isbell v. Ark. Dep't of Human Servs.Court of Appeals of Arkansas · 2019

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