Legal Opinion

Holt v. Holt

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided October 7, 1957No. 5-1307PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CakletoN Harms, Chief Justice.

This appeal seeks to reverse the decree of the White County Chancery Court, wherein Mildred Holt, appellee, was awarded the custody of the two minor children of appellee and appellant, Ernest M. Holt, Jr. Appellant, for reversal, alleges one point, namely “The order of the lower court awarding the custody of the minor children to appellee is contrary to the well established principle, constantly adhered to by this Conrt, that the first and paramount consideration of the Conrt is the security, well-being and happiness of the children.”

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Cushman v. LaneSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1955

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Sindle v. SindleSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1958
  2. Swindle v. BradleySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1966

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