Sumter v. Allton

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

In Allton v. Sumter, 274 Ark. 448, 625 S.W.2d 502 (1982), we remanded this case to the trial court to conduct a hearing on whether a decree of adoption should be set aside on the basis of fraud. The trial court set aside the decree and we affirm. The issue presented is whether, under our prior adoption law, the fraud involved was of the extrinsic type which tolled the statute of limitations. Jurisdiction is in this Court pursuant to Rule 29 (1) (j), the subsequent appeal rule.

On June 15,1977, appellant Donald Ray Sumter filed a petition to adopt Christopher Charles…