Legal Opinion

In Re Adoption of Tompkins

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided July 7, 2000No. 99-957PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

20 S.W.3d 385 (2000)

In The Matter of the ADOPTION OF Tyler Davis TOMPKINS, a Minor.

Anthony and Elizabeth Johnson

v.

Melissa Joyce Tompkins.

No. 99-957.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

July 7, 2000.

Baxter, Jensen, Payne & Young, by: Ray Baxter, Benton, and John Payne, for appellants.

Robert L. Herzfeld, Jr., Benton, for appellees.

ROBERT L. BROWN, Justice.

The appellants, Anthony and Elizabeth Johnson, are the paternal grandparents of Tyler Davis Johnson, who is the child of appellee Melissa Tompkins and appellants' deceased son, Jeffrey Johnson. Melissa Johnson, now Tompkins, and Jeffrey Johnson were…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Cox v. StaytonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1981
  2. Quarles v. FrenchSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1981
  3. Dougan v. GraySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1994
  4. Swaffar v. SwaffarSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1992
  5. Johnsons v. TompkinsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2000

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Racine v. NelsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2011
  2. Scudder v. RamseySupreme Court of Arkansas · 2013
  3. King v. OchoaSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2008
  4. Adoption of M.K.C. v. Pope County Circuit CourtSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2008
  5. Henry v. BuchananSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2006

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