Arkansas Child Neglect Law

<h2> <center> United States of America v. Eddie Scott Seaton </h2> </center>

Little Rock, Arkansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of anime images depicting sexually explicit acts between minor boys and an adult female.<br> <br> A forensic examination also revealed a large cache of child pornography images in his computer’s “carved space,” the unallocated space within the computer’s hard drive, which cont... More...

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<h2> <center> State of Arkansas v. Lonnie Grant, Yanpoul Soto Lopez, Mercado Tejerina, Lance Hutchings, Caleb Hanners, Charles Stidham and Patrick Parton </h2> </center>

Fayetteville, Arkansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with various sex crimes.<br> <br> <br> <br> According to Fayetteville police, the three-day sting led to the following arrests:<br> <br> 57-year-old Lonnie Grant — internet stalking of a child<br> 25-year-old Yanpoul Soto Lopez — internet stalking of a child and electronic facilitation of chil... More...

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<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Bradley Hunter Cox </h1></center></h1>

Fort Smith, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Distributing Child Pornography <br> <br> A Hope man was sentenced yesterday to 144 months in federal prison to be followed by 10 years of supervised release for distributing child pornography. The Honorable Chief Judge Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearing, which was held in the U.S. District Court... More...

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<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jeremy Robert Ward </h2> </center>

Little Rock, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with inticement of a minor in violation of 18:2422(b).<br> <br> In September 2022, Ward, a thirty-two-year-old Michigan resident, contacted a female minor in Arkansas on the messaging application Snapchat. The minor was twelve years old but told Ward that she was seventeen. Ward claimed in the chat to be twenty-two yea... More...

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<h2> <center> Steve Melton v. City of Forrest City, Arkansas; Cedric Williams </h2> </center>

Little Rock, Arkansas civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a First Amendment violation theory.<br> <br> Steven Melton is a pro-life, evangelical Christian. In June 2020, he reposted<br> a black-and-white image on Facebook that depicted a silhouette of a baby in the<br> womb with a rope around its neck. His intent was to convey that he was “anti-<br> abortion.”<br> <br> Othe... More...

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<h2> <center> State of Arkansas v. Mason Lee Gipson </h2> </center>

Jonesboro, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with charged with fourth-degree sexual assault.<br> <br> Mason Lee Gipson, age 23, was accused of impregnating a child.<br> <br> Gipson claimed that he was drunk at the time.... More...

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<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Thomas Demetrius Williams </h1></center></h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Little Rock, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Conspiracy to Distribute 50 Grams or More of Methamphetamine </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Jonesboro Man Sentenced to 18 Years in Federal Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute 50 Grams or More of Methamphetamine </h2></center></b></b>< <b... More...

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<h2> <center> Keith W. Emis v. Robin M. Emis </h2> </center>

Little Rock, Arkansas family law divorce lawyers represented the parties in a marriage dissolution action.<br> <br> Keith and Robin were married in April 2009. Approximately six months later, Robin gave birth to twin boys. Keith and Robin's marriage, however, was short-lived, and in April 2010, Robin filed for divorce. Their divorce became final in September 2011. At the time of the divorce, the ... More...

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<center></center><h1><center> CHRISTOPHER MILLER v. KEYUNNA BROWN </h1></center></h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Little Rock, AR lawyer represented the APPELLANT with appealing a final order of protection entered by the Pulaski County Circuit Court. In this </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> In this one-brief appeal, Miller argues that the order of protection should be reversed and ... More...

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<h1><center> United States of America v. Timothy Lee Highfield </h1></center>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Little Rock, AR criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Production of Child Sexual Abuse Material </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Morrilton Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison for Production of Child Sexual Abuse Material</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Timothy Lee Hig... More...

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<h1><center> United States of America v. Benjamin Coney, Emily Grace Brinley </h1></center>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Fayetteville, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Online Enticement of Minors </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Conway Man and Woman Sentenced to More Than 30 Years Combined for Online Enticement of Minors</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Benjamin Coney, age 30, and... More...

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<h1><center> United States of America v. John Steven Wallace </h1></center>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Fayetteville, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempted Production of Child Pornography </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Fayetteville Man Sentenced to More Than 15 Years in Federal Prison For Attempted Production of Child Pornography </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br... More...

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<h1><center> United States of America v. Candace Chapman Scott </h1></center>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Little Rock, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with transporting stolen human body parts—including fetuses </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Little Rock Woman Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison After Transporting Stolen Human Remains</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><... More...

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<h2> <center> Eva Laynee Redman v. Adam Redman </h2> </center>

<h2><br> Van Buren, Arkansas family law lawyers represented husband and wife in a divorce.<br> </h2><br> Adam and Laynee were married in 2012 and have two children, MC1 (born in 2012) and MC2 (born in 2014). In January 2017 Laynee and Adam's divorce decree was entered. The parties formed an agreement regarding child custody and visitation that was incorporated into the divorce decree. The terms of... More...

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<h2> <center> Kevin Howard v. Regina Howard </h2> </center>

<h2><br> Little Rock, Arkansas family law lawyer represented the man and woman in a divorce.<br> </h2><br> Regina Howard and Kevin married in 1999 and separated in December 2018. Although they have three children, only one seventeen-year-old boy was a minor when the final decree of divorce was entered. Regina is a computer-science teacher for the Little Rock School District. Kevin is the director... More...

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<h2> <center> State of Arkansas v. Donald J. Merrill </h2> </center>

<h2><br> Yellville, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with rape.<br> </h2<br> On November 4, 2020, Merrill was charged with two counts of rape and three counts of second-degree sexual assault. The criminal information alleged that on or before July 29, 2020, Merrill engaged in deviate sexual activity with (1) a seven-year-old female; (2) a ten-year-old-female; and... More...

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<h1><center> ANGELA STYLES v. JAMES STYLES </h1></center>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Little Rock, Arkansas divorce lawyer represented the appellant appealing from a default judgment entered by the trial court that ordered her to pay the boarding-school expenses for one of the parties’ minor children </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> In this postdivorce dispute between appellant Angela Styles and app... More...

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<h2> <center> David Heileman v. Ariel Cahoon </h2> </center>

<h2><br> Harrisburg, Arkansas family law lawyers represented husband and wife in a divorce.<br> </h2><br> <br> In August 2017, Heileman and Cahoon were divorced by decree wherein their executed "Stipulation and Property, Child Custody and Support Agreement" was merged and incorporated. Per the agreement, the parties "shall have joint custody of [Minor Child 1 (MC1) and Minor Child 2 (MC2)],[1] wit... More...

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<h2> <center> State of Arkansas v. Jeffery McPherson </h2> </center>

<h2><br> Texarkana, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder and tampering with physical evidence.<br> </h2><br> <br> McPherson was charged as a habitual offender with first-degree murder of his fiancee's two-month-old son, Minor Child ("MC"). The tampering charge, a violation of Arkansas Code Annotated section 5-53-111, arose from allegations tha... More...

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<h2> <center> Roger Opseth v. Pleasant Valley County Club </h2> </center>

<h2><br> Little Rock, Arkansas, Fair Labor Standards Act violation employment lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> <br> The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938 requires that nonexempt employees receive overtime pay for hours worked over 40 in a workweek:<br> <br> Overtime rate<br> Overtime pay must be at least one and one-half times the employee's regular rate of pay<br> ... More...

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<h2> <center> Mary Corinne Smart-Moore v. James Moore </h2> </center>

<h2><br> Little Rock, Arkansas divorce lawyers represented husband and wife in a marriage dissolution case.<br> </h2><br> <br> Mary Corinne Smart-Moore and James Moore were divorced on June 27, 2022, after a four-and-a-half-year marriage. Mary appeals from the divorce decree, arguing that the Pulaski County Circuit Court abused its discretion in its calculation of child support and erred in its ch... More...

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<h2> <center> Angela Styles v. James Styles </h2> </center>

<h2><br> Russellville, Arkansas divorce lawyers represented husband and wife in a marriage dissolution case.<br> </h2><br> Angela Styles and James (Jamey) Styles were divorced by a decree entered on February 10, 2020. The trial court noted in the divorce decree that the decree was not a final order because numerous issues remained undecided, and a final order was entered on July 27, 2021, that dec... More...

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<h2> <center> Arkansas Department of Human Services and Minor child v. Bernice Coston </h2> </center>

<h2><br> Hot Springs, Arkansas termination of parental rights family law lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> Bernice Coston appeals the order terminating her parental rights to her child, MC1.[1]Coston's counsel has filed a no-merit brief and motion to withdraw as counsel pursuant to Linker-Flores v. Arkansas Department of Human Services, 359 Ark. 131, 194 S.W.3d 739 (2004), and A... More...

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<h2><center> Gu Yue v. David Lonon </h2></center>

<h2><br> Fayetteville, Arkansas family law lawyers represented the parties in a child support dispute.<br> </h2><br> <br> The parties were married on October 29, 2012, and the only child of the marriage was born in 2016. On January 24, 2020, the circuit court entered an order granting Lonon an absolute divorce.[2] The divorce decree reflects that Yue and Lonon appeared at a January 10, 2020 hearin... More...

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<h2><center> Letia Owens v. Social Security Administration </h2></center>

<h2><br> Hot Springs, Arkansas social security RSI Tax Suit lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> <br> Benefits offered by the SSA are part of the retirement plan of almost every American worker. By the end of 2015, over 40 million retired workers received Social Security Retirement Insurance (SSRI) benefits. Based on the most recent economic assumptions, we believe that retirement appli... More...

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<h2><center> United States of America v. Roddy George Jackson </h2></center>

<h2><br> El Dorado, Arkansas possession of child pornography criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> 18 U.S.C. §§ 2252A(a)(5)(B) & (b)(2) Possession of Child Pornography... More...

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<h2><center> Angela Moody v. James R. Flens, Ph.D. </h2></center>

<h2><br> Little Rock, Arkansas family law divorce lawyers represented the parties.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> In the course of divorce proceedings between Angela and Edward Moody, Edward hired James Flens, a forensic psychologist, as an expert witness. Flens produced an expert report that Angela believes reflected negatively on her. Based on the content of that report, Angela brought an action agains... More...

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<h1><center> United States of America v. Justin Lee Palmer </h1></center>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Little Rock, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Instructing Young Girls to Self-Harm, Drink Toilet Water, and Film Child Pornography </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Jonesboro Man Who Instructed Young Girls to Self-Harm, Drink Toilet Water, and Film Child Pornography Sentenced to 30... More...

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<h1><center> United States of America v. Jeremy Robert Ward </h1></center>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Little Rock, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Convicted of Numerous Sexual Offenses Against A Child </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Repeat Sex Offender From Michigan Sentenced to 40 Years In Federal Prison After Being Convicted of Numerous Sexual Offenses Against A Child</h2></ce... More...

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<h1><center> United States of America v. James Allen Price </h1></center>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> <br> Fort Smith, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Child Pornography Offense </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Registered Sex Offender Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Child Pornography Offense</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> James Allen Price, age 42... More...

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<h1><center> LARINDA PATE v. STATE OF ARKANSAS </h1></center>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Little Rock, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with arguing that substantial evidence does not support his rape conviction </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> In September 2019, MC disclosed that Pate and MC’s father, McCauley, had re... More...

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<h1><center> KEVIN SKILLERN v. STATE OF ARKANSAS </h1></center>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Little Rock, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with appealing his conviction by the Lonoke County Circuit Court of sexual indecency with a child. On appeal, he argues that the circuit court erred in denying his motion to dismiss because the State did not present sufficient evidence that he purposely exposed his sex organs to a minor under ... More...

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<h1><center> United States of America v. Zachary Bradley </h1></center>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Little Rock, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Production of Child Pornography, Transfer of Obscene Material to a Minor, and Attempted Sex Trafficking of A Minor </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Beebe Man Sentenced to 35 Years in Federal Prison For Production of Child Pornography... More...

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<h1><center> J. TODD SLAYTON v. ANGELA DILL </h1></center>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Little Rock, Arkansas Litigation lawyer represented the appellant with arguing in this one-brief appeal that the trial court erred in calculating his gross income as a self-employed restauranteur </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Slayton and Dill married in March ... More...

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<h1><center> United States of America v. Terencio “Junior” Perez-Cancino </h1></center>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Fayetteville, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sexually Exploiting and Abusing an 8-Year-Old Female </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Green Forest Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison for Sexually Exploiting and Abusing an 8-Year-Old Female</h2></center></b></b> </h2></... More...

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<h1><center> United States of America v. Aaron Micheal Ricketts </h1></center>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Fort Smith, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Harrison Man Sentenced To 55 Years in Federal Prison for Sexually Exploiting and Abusing a 5-Year-Old Female </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> In July of 2023, a five-year old fem... More...

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<h2> <center> United States of America v. Larry Boozer </h2> </center>

<h2>Conway, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/atty.asp?f=Lauren&l=Elenbaas&i=146873&z=72034" target="_new">Lauren M. Elenbaas</a> represented the Defendant who was charged with attempted production of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2251(a) and 18:2251(e) and possession of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2252(a)(4)(B.</h2><br> <br> ... More...

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<h2><center> Emily Sutton v. Jordan Falci </h2></center>

Fayetteville, Arkansas family law divorce lawyers represented the parties in a dissolution action.<br> <br> <br> Emily and Jordan were divorced by a decree of the Washington County Circuit Court entered on June 10, 2022. The decree awarded joint custody of the couple's child on a "week-on, week-off" basis. On October 28, Jordan filed a motion to modify custody, for support, and for contempt. He al... More...

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<h2><center> Kenneth Colley v. Audrey Colley </h2></center>

Fort Smith, Arkansas family law divorce lawyers represented the parties in a dissolution action.<br> <br> Kenneth Colley appeals from the February 16, 2022 order of the Sebastian County Circuit Court finding that he had not established a material change in circumstances warranting a reduction in child support and awarding attorney's fees to appellee Audrey Colley. He raises three points on appeal:... More...

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<h2><center> Jessica Mathis v. Glen Allen Hickman, Jr. </h2></center>

Little Rock, Arkansas family law divorce lawyers represented the parties in a dissolution action.<br> <br> <br> Appellant Jessica Mathis (Jessica) appeals after the Pulaski County Circuit Court entered several orders in favor of appellee Glen[1] Alan Hickman, Jr. (Alan). On appeal, Jessica contends that (1) the circuit court erred in denying her motions to transfer this case to Rhode Island; (2) t... More...

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