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HOLT v. CHENAULT

722 S.W.2d 897 (1987)

Danny HOLT, Movant, v. Barbara Ann Holt CHENAULT, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

January 22, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Clay, Sr., Clay & Clay, Danville, for movant.

Edward D. Hays, Danville, for respondent.

OPINION OF THE COURT

The primary issue in this case is whether a trial judge may consider the issue of race in determining a question of child custody. We declare that he may not, based on the case of Palmore v. Sidoti, 466 U.S. 429, 104 S.Ct. 1879, 80 L.Ed.2d 421 (1984).

Movant, Danny Holt, and Respondent, Barbara Chenault, are the parents of Dawn Holt. When the parties divorced in 1978, custody of their infant child...

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