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The ruling had the effect of same-sex couples being able to adopt in Arkansas for the first time. Prior to the act, same-sex couples were not permitted to jointly adopt as state law did not allow for it. Thus, the ruling made Arkansas one of the first few states to recognize adoptions by same-sex couples.
Arkansas Department of Human Services v. Ahlborn , 547 U.S. 268 (2006), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States involving the ability of a state agency to claim a personal injury settlement as compensation for Medicaid benefits provided for treatment of the injuries.
For example, under the South Carolina code, the crime of "Criminal domestic violence" states that "it is unlawful to: (1) cause physical harm or injury to a person's own household member; or (2) offer or attempt to cause physical harm or injury to a person's own household member with apparent present ability under circumstances reasonably ...
A few hours after the bodies were discovered, the truck of one of the victims was found about thirteen miles away; it had also been burned. [3] Three suspects, Samuel Conway, Jeremy Pickney and Marvin Stringer, were quickly identified after Conway's former girlfriend saw him with the stolen goods and contacted police. [1]
The Superior Court of the Arkansas Territory was established in 1819. It consisted of three judges, and then four from 1828. It was the highest court in the territory, and was succeeded the Supreme Court, [ 1 ] established by Article Five of the 1836 Constitution, which was composed of three judges, to include a chief justice, elected to eight ...
Wilson v. Arkansas, 514 U.S. 927 (1995), is a United States Supreme Court decision in which the Court held that the traditional, common-law-derived "knock and announce" rule for executing search warrants must be incorporated into the "reasonableness" analysis of whether the actual execution of the warrant is/was justified under the 4th Amendment.
On October 11, 1993, 18-year-old Julie Heath (June 11, 1975 – October 11, 1993) was driving on U.S. Highway 270 between Malvern and Hot Springs, Arkansas, to visit her boyfriend in Hot Springs. Nance stated that he stopped to help Heath after her car broke down and offered her a ride to Malvern.
He was later re-elected to the Arkansas House in 1840 after moving to Pike County. [3] In 1842, during a debate on the Real Estate Bank, Wilson became angry with another representative, this time Whig representative Lorenzo Gibson. However, other House members intervened and stopped a fight from occurring. [3] Later in life, Wilson moved to Texas.