Tate v. Bennett

ANNABELLE Clinton Imber, Justice.

The natural father ststepmother ice. appeal the Randolph County Chancery Court’s decision to grant the minors’ maternal grandmother visitation rights. On appeal, appellants Scott and Mary Ennis Tate contend that the action by appellee Jo Bennett seeking visitation rights under Ark. Code Ann. § 9-9-215(a)(l) (Repl. 1998) was barred by the one-year statute of limitations in Ark. Code Ann. § 9-9-216(b) (Repl. 1998). We agree and reverse and dismiss.

Scott and Cheryle Tate were a married couple with two children, Savanah and Jay Tate. On January 4, 1993, Cheryle…