# Caffey v. Caffey

> Supreme Court of Arkansas · November 30, 1981 · 274 Ark. 335

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7821930

## Case

- **Full name:** Marie D. CAFFEY v. James CAFFEY
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Arkansas
- **Decided:** November 30, 1981
- **Citations:** 274 Ark. 335; 625 S.W.2d 444; 1981 Ark. LEXIS 1480
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Smith
- **Judges:** Purtle, Smith
- **Cited by:** 3 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## Opinion text

George Rose Smith, J., concurring. If this were the first time the controlling question of law was being presented to us, I would take the position expressed in my dissenting opinion in Brown v. Brown. But the point has been settled by that case. The issue is not of really fundamental importance. Rather, this case presents the familiar situation in which the need for certainty in the law outweighs the possibility that a result contrary to precedent might be slightly more desirable. I therefore agree that Brown v. Brown should not be overruled.

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