Raymond Edwards and Patricia Edwards, Appellants v. Arkansas Department of Human Services, Appellee

Summary

The court dismissed the Edwardses’ appeal because the order denying their request for custody of M.A.E. was not a final, appealable order, and the circuit court’s Rule 54(b) certification lacked the required specific findings concerning hardship or injustice from delay. The court therefore did not reach the timeliness of the notices of appeal or the merits of the custody decision, and it vacated the court of appeals’ opinion. Justice Goodson and Justice Hart, both dissenting, would have held that the order was immediately appealable.