PUBUSHER A.rkansas Bar AssorciIIhon
The Arkansas
Phone,(501)37"~
Fax: (501)375-4901 Homepage: www.arkbar.com E-Mail: aconaway@arkbar.com GUEST EDITOR
O. Millo" Fille 11 EDITOR AIIllt
COllaway
EDITORIAL BOARD Stuart P. Miller, Chair Judge Wiley A. Branton. Jr. O. Millon Fine IJ Morton Gitelman J. Leon Holmes Christopher Travis Brian Anthony Vandiver David H. Williams Jacqueline S. Wright
awer Vol. 37,
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features Attorney Ad Litem: A Different Kind of Practice Jacqueline S. Wright
OFFICERS President H. Murray Oaycomb
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Bo..ud of Governors Chair James D. Sprott President-Elect Thomas A. Daily
Jurisdiction Counts in Custody Matters
Immediate Past President S.. ndr.. Wilson Cherry Secretary-Treasurer William A. Martin
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Marcia McIvor
Parliamentarian Jeannette Denham Young Lawyers Section Chair Cindy Thyer Executive Director Don Hollingsworth Associate Executive Director Judith Gray
BOA.RD OF GOVERNORS M. Stephen Bingham Anthony W. Black Judge Wiley A. Branton. Jr. F. Thomas Curry Elizabeth Danielson Boyce R. Davis Lance B. Carner Dave Wisdom Harrod Robert "Skip" Henry Gwendolyn D. Hodge Jim LJulian Philip E. Kaplan Sean T. Keith Marie-Bernarde Miller Chalk S. Mitchell w. Frank Morledge Donna C. Pettus Terry M. Poynter James M. Simpson, Jr. Eddie H. Walker, Jr. Robert E. Young
Parental Alienation Syndrome and Alienated Children: Getting it Wrong in Child Custody Cases Carol S. Bruch
general It's Time to Make Jury Instructions Understandable Bettina E. Brownstein
LIAISON MEMBERS Judge David Burnett Steve T. Shults Teresa M. Wmeland Carolyn B. Witherspoon 11It ArbllMf lAwyl'r (USPS 5%-(40) IS published quarterly by tnt Atbnsas 8.lr AssocUollon. Periodicals po&tIge p;lid al lillie Rock. Arbnsu. POSTMASTER. send addf'ell5 dwlga to lJIt AtbJlSaS lA"¥", 400 West Mal"ktwn. lillie Rock, Arkansas 72201. Subscription prx"e to non-members or the Arkansas 6;lr AssodOltion 525.00 per year. Any opinion expressed herein is thllt of the author. and notl1l"CeSNrily that of the Arbns<ls Bar Assodatioo or nIt Arb"silI! uuvyrr. Contributions to nIt Ark'lIrsa.s ulTvytr are welcolTlC and should be sent in two copies to EDITOR. TItt Arka"S4l5 !.,Qwytr, 400 West Markham, Little
Rock. Arkar$s 72201. All inquiries regarding ad\·ertising should besenllo Editor. ThtArUM<U uwyrr, attntabo\-e addrt'S&. Copynght 2002. Arbnsas 8.lr Association. All nghlS n'servect
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•... [Jury] instructions end up being written on a difficulty level equal to the Harvard Business Review-when they should be on a par with Sports Illustrated. "
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