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296 Ark. 447

Coleman v. Butler

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided October 10, 1988

Supreme Court of Arkansas · decided 1988-10-10

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently May 1993

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Decided 1988-10-10

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Darrell Hickman, Justice.

¶1The only issue in this case is whether the requirement that a foreign judgment be registered in the county in which the defendant resides or is summoned violates the Arkansas and United States Constitutions.

¶2The trial court dismissed the appellants’ attempt to register an Ohio decree in Pulaski County. The decree awarded Edward Coleman custody of his son. The defendant, Martha Coleman Butler, lived in Ashley County with the child. She did not reside nor was she served with summons in Pulaski County.

¶3 The appellants have offered no convincing argument or authority for their claim that this venue requirement is unconstitutional. For this reason we affirm the trial court’s dismissal. See Widmer v. Widmer, 293 Ark. 296, 737 S.W.2d 457 (1987).

¶4Affirmed.

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