Court Opinion

ID: 9621328
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 05:56:37.931078+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:05:02.710319
License: Public Domain

Karen R. Baker, Judge, dissenting. In this case, the trial court ordered a child removed from the custody of its mother, specifically listing racial bias as one reason for the custody determination. That reason alone renders the ordr inherently suspect, and that fact alone demands reversal. To do otherwise not only tolerates, but gives to, racial bias which the law can neither tolerate nor allow. See Palmore v. Sidoti, 466 U.S. 429 (1984); Tipton v. Aaron, 87 Ark. App. 1, 185 S.W.3d 142 (2004). Therefore, I dissent.