Brown v. Johnson

I dissent. The facts and holding in this case merely reemphasize what I had to say in my dissent in Dodson v. Donaldson, 10 Ark. App. 64, 661 S.W.2d 425 (1983). As in Dodson, this adoption proceeding emanates from a divorce action, but the instant case differs in that it involves a dispute between the maternal grandmother and the child’s father instead of a direct confrontation between ex-spouses. In Affirming the trial court’s decision, I quickly note the majority relies on Henson v. Money, 273 Ark. 203, 617 S.W.2d 367 (1981), and Pender v. McKee, 266 Ark. 18, 582 S.W.2d 929 (1979), but…