Harper v. Caskin

580 S.W.2d 176 (1979)

Carthal Deane HARPER and Loraine Harper, Appellants,

v.

James Dennis CASKIN, Appellee.

No. 78-301.

Supreme Court of Arkansas, In Banc.

April 23, 1979.

Henry & Graddy, Conway, for appellants.

Josh E. McHughes, Little Rock, for appellee.

BYRD, Justice.

Appellants, Carthal Deane Harper and Loraine Harper, the stepfather and mother of James Dennis Caskin, Jr., a minor, sought to adopt James Dennis Caskin, Jr. without the consent of the minor's father, appellee James Dennis Caskin. In doing so appellants relied upon Ark.Stat.Ann. § 56-207(a)(2) (Supp.1977), which provides:

"Consent to…