Legal Opinion

May v. May

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided March 15, 1971No. 5-5495Published

1Opinion of the Court

Conley Byrd, Justice.

The trial court held void child custody provisions in a divorce decree obtained on March 14, 1967, by appellant Ralph May and awarded the custody of their three minor children to appellee Alta Inez May. For reversal appellant contends:

“1. That the divorce decree was a final adjudication and that the trial court erred in not requiring a showing of a change of circumstances and in not requiring appellee to go forward with the burden of proof.

2. That the court failed to take into consideration the best welfare of the children.”

The record shows that on or about September 10,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Bauer v. BrownSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1917

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