Miscellaneous

Anyone interested in finding out just how childish and idiotic some adults can be should read State v. Gallimore. On appeal it was affirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded. Mr. Gallimore certainly has some valid arguments and deserves the reversal and remand, but who can blame a Court for punishing this guy?

For a case on that fun old real property doctrine of adverse possession, see Stewart v. Judy. Can we really assume that Mr. Stewart was farming the land under claim of right when there’s no evidence of that? Maybe he’s just a jerk.

There’s a new dog bite case at Crabtree v. Johnson. A poor dad trying to keep his grown son from killing himself harbors a dangerous dog. Again, the wonderful world of childish adults. “Dad, I love that dog that I left to die in the backyard of your apartment building when I went to jail. If you get rid of Cotton, I’ll kill myself.”

And finally comes a smackdown from the Court of Appeals in a Benton County contempt case. First, they sustain the writ of certiorari and say there was no contempt. The father of the child didn’t return the child at the end of his physical care period because he got information from the mothers old boyfriend that she was dringking and doing drugs. Second came the rebule from the COA for the sentence entered: “You may not change the physical care of a child without findings of fact showing that such a change is in the child’s best interests.” Can’t say I disagree, especially since there was no evidence presented concerning the physicial care arrangement.

Happy reading. And again, if we can’t have fun with the law, why do it?