Foust v. Montez-Torres

■ Although I wholeheartedly agree with the majority’s decision to affirm the circuit court’s finding that Foust did not stand in loco parentis to M.F. at the time of her petition for visitation — and I join it — I write separately because I conclude that Arkansas’s statutory scheme does not allow a petition for visitation filed outside of an action for divorce, paternity, or guardianship.

In the present case, Foust filed a petiT tion for visitation as an independent action; she did not filed her petition in conjunction with a complaint for divorce or guardianship, nor did she filed her…