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· 6/5/1967

Barrett Hamilton, Inc. v. Heublein

Citations

  • 242 Ark. 900
  • 416 S.W.2d 309
  • 1967 Ark. LEXIS 1337

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  • evidence of past unfitness, standing alone, is insufficient to terminate the rights 18 of a parent in her natural child
  • while “ ‘evidence of past unfitness, standing alone, is insufficient to terminate the rights of a parent in her natural child,’ ” juvenile court permitted to consider evidence of mother’s past conduct
  • “[I]n considering past deprivations compared to present achievements, juvenile courts are entitled to assign “much less weight to such ‘assertions of sudden parental fitness’ when compared to the other evidence.” (punctuation omitted)

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Judges: Byrd

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