Jackson v. Smith

J. Fred Jones, Justice.

Melba Ann Jackson and F. B. Smith are the parents of a nine year old son, Tracy Lynn Smith. In September, 1967, they were divorced in the state of Texas and the custody of the minor child was awarded to the mother with the rights of visitation in the father. The mother married Mr. Jackson in 1968 and in 1970 they moved to Fairfield Bay in Van Burén County, Arkansas, where both Mr- and Mrs. Jackson are employed. Mr. Smith also remarried and on June 1, 1970, he filed a petition in the Van Burén County Chancery Court for a change in custody of the child. The chancellor…