Martin v. Pierce

257 S.W.3d 82 (2007)

Kevin MARTIN, Appellant,

v.

Melissa Martin PIERCE, Appellee.

No. 06-950.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

May 17, 2007.

Gibson & Hashem, PLC, by: Paul Keith, Monticello, for appellant.

Byrd Law Firm, P.A., by: John Richard Byrd, Jr., Hamburg, for appellee.

JIM HANNAH, Chief Justice.

Appellant Kevin Martin and Lisa Pierce were married in 1988. Pierce filed a complaint for divorce on June 2, 1997. The divorce was uncontested, and on July 8, 1997, on Pierce's complaint and Martin's waiver, a divorce decree was entered, finding, inter alia, that two children, C.M. and M.M., were born of the…