# Arkansas Department of Human Services v. Templeton

> Supreme Court of Arkansas · April 12, 1989 · 298 Ark. 390

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9660615

## Case

- **Full name:** ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, a Division of Children and Family Services v. Howard TEMPLETON, Probate Judge, Craighead County, Arkansas and Arkansas Department of Human Services, a Division of Children and Family Services v. Tom Keith, Circuit/Chancery Judge, Benton County, Arkansas
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Arkansas
- **Decided:** April 12, 1989
- **Citations:** 298 Ark. 390; 769 S.W.2d 404; 1989 Ark. LEXIS 161
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Hays
- **Judges:** Glaze, Purtle, Hays
- **Cited by:** 4 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Steele Hays, Justice, concurring. I expressed my views on the use of masters in a dissenting opinion in Hutton v. Savage, 298 Ark. 256 , 769 S.W.2d 394 (1989). I was a minority of one in that position and since the majority view was decisive I saw no need to restate it in Collins v. State, 298 Ark. 380 , 769 S.W.2d 402 (1989), decided this week. Now the majority position is further solidified in the decision of these consolidated cases and while I have not changed my view, I see nothing to be gained by continuing to espouse a position that has no likelihood of prevailing. On that basis, and the fact that given the approach taken by the majority the petitioner is entitled to the relief sought, I concur.

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