Smith v. Thomas

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “[I]n both custody and guardianship situations, the child’s best interest is of paramount consideration.... ”
• biological father vs. maternal grandparents
• biological father vs. maternal grandparents

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Fletcher v. Scorza
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2010-02-12· cited 27×
• Graham v. Matheny
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2009-10-08· cited 21×
• In the Matter of the Guardianship of S.H.
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2015-02-26· cited 10×
• Light v. Duvall
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2011-09-14· cited 7×
• Wilson v. Wilson
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2013-12-18· cited 5×
• Hicks v. Faith
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2011-05-04· cited 3×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Blunt v. Cartwright
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2000-11-16· cited 39×
• Strong v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2008-02-21· cited 39×
• Cedar Chemical Co. v. Knight
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2008-01-31· cited 38×
• Freeman v. Rushton
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2005-01-27· cited 26×
• Devine v. Martens
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2007-09-27· cited 25×
• Crosser v. Henson
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2004-06-10· cited 14×
• Markham v. Buck
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 1990-10-03· cited 12×
• In Re Matter of Guardianship of Markham
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 1990-10-03· cited 9×
• Smith v. Thomas
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2007-10-31· cited 2×