Legal Opinion
Bates v. Bates
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided July 16, 1990No. 89-320PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Robert H. Dudley, Justice.
Appellee Michael Bates allegedly abused his wife, appellant Merle Bates. She filed a petition in chancery court pursuant to the Arkansas Domestic Abuse Act of 1989. Ark. Code Ann. §§ 9-15-101 to -211 (Supp. 1989). In the petition she sought an order to restrain appellee from committing future acts of domestic abuse and from entering their residence or her place of work, and to require him to pay child and housemate support. (Housemate support, not alimony or maintenance, because, pursuant to the act, she did not seek a divorce or separate maintenance. Further, it is…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- South Dakota v. NevilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Faubus v. KinneySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1965
- State v. DeversSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1879
- Patterson v. McKaySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1939
- Patterson v. AdcockSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1923
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Winchel v. CraigCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 1996
- Little Rock Family Planning Services, P.A. v. DaltonDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1994
- Hardy Construction Co. v. Arkansas State Highway & Transportation DepartmentSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1996
- Masterson v. State Ex Rel. BryantSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1997
- Townsend v. Arkansas State Highway CommissionSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1996
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