Legal Opinion
In Re Adoption of M.K.C.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided March 5, 2009No. 08-1367PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JIM GUNTER, Justice.
| t This is a second appeal which arises from an order of the Pope County Circuit Court denying an adoption petition filed by Appellant Callie Michelle Cox to adopt her biological child, M.K.C. We affirm.
In the first appeal, Appellant asserted that the circuit court erred in denying her petition for adoption by ruling that Arkansas Code Annotated section 9-9-204(3) (Repl.2002) does not permit an unmarried natural mother to adopt her own child. On June 5, 2008, we reversed the order of the circuit court and remanded the case for a consideration of the adoption petition on…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Matter of Adoption of LybrandSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1997
- Dixon v. DixonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1985
- Posey v. ARKANSAS DEPT. OF HEALTH HUMAN SERV.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 2007
- Vick v. CecilSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2007
- In Re Adoption of AmcSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2007
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Racine v. NelsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2011
- Lagios v. GoldmanSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2016
- Pippinger v. BensonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2011
- Pippinger v. BensonCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2011
- In Re Adoption of M.K.C.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 2009
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