Legal Opinion
Dyer v. Ross-Lawhon
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided March 10, 1986No. 85-251PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Robert H. Dudley, Justice.
The appellee, Dorothy Ross-Lawhon, filed a petition in the Probate Court of Pulaski County seeking appointment as guardian of the person and of the estate of her granddaughter, Gabrielle Lawhon-Dyer. Appellee already had been awarded temporary custody of the child by the Juvenile Court of Ouachita County. The appellants, the mother and maternal grandparents of the child, filed a motion to dismiss the petition for guardianship contending that the probate court did not have jurisdiction to hear the guardianship petition while the juvenile court matter was still…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Cude v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1964
- Ex parte KingSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1919
- Robins v. Arkansas Social ServicesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1981
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