Williams v. Williams

Melvin Mayfield, Chief Judge.

Deborah Lisa Williams appeals from a decree of divorce granted James Sloan Williams and from the court’s order of split custody of their two minor children.

Debby and Jim were married in March of 1979, when he was in the Marine Corps stationed in California. They lived there until he got out of the Marines in February of 1981 at which time they moved to Arkansas, his home state. Debby is of Chinese ancestry but was born and raised in this country. She had been married before and has a child by that marriage. She and James have two children.

There is evidence to…