Young v. Smith

CRAWFORD, Presiding Judge, Western Section.

This case involves an interstate custody dispute. Plaintiff-Appellant, Michelle Young Smith (Appellant), appeals the decision of the Shelby County Chancery Court dismissing her petition for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and lack of personal jurisdiction over Rodney Smith, Defendant-Appellee (Appel-lee).

The parties hereto were married in October, 1991, in Arkansas and divorced by decree of the chancery court of Randolph County, Arkansas, entered December 23, 1992. Prior to the parties’ marriage, appellant had a child, Dustin Andrew Smith, and in…