Arkansas Department of Human Services v. Couch

Lowell D. Fonken and Cynthia A. Fonken have moved for permission to file an amici curiae brief in the above-styled case, which arises from a lower court decision granting the adoption of one of two sisters to the appellees, Jim and Lana Couch. The movants assert that the lower court decision separates two sisters, ages two and three, who have been together all of their lives, and that the appellees do not wish to adopt both children because one of the sisters has cerebral palsy. The movants further assert that they have filed a petition seeking to adopt both children; that they did have…