Mayberry v. Flowers

Andree Layton Roaf, Judge.

Kevin Mayberry appeals an order from the Conway County Chancery Court dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus based upon a finding that he failed to prove that he stood in the position of a parent to seven-year-old James Walter Flowers (James). Mayberry had filed the petition to gain physical custody of the child, who was then residing with appellee Dorothy Flowers, mother of the child’s birth father. On appeal, Mayberry argues that the trial court erred in finding that he failed to meet his burden. We reverse1.

James was born on August 28, 1991, to Janas…