M.T. v. ARKANSAS DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES

No. CA 96-949.

952 S.W.2d 177 (1997)

58 Ark.App. 302

M.T., Appellant, v. ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas, Division II.

September 17, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anne Orsi Smith, Little Rock, for Appellant.

Kathleen Bailey O'Connor, Guardian Ad Litem, Little Rock, for the minor child.

Louis "White" Light, Little Rock, for Appellee, JL.

Stephen B. Whiting, Little Rock, for Appellee, Arkansas Department of Human Services.


STROUD, Judge.

In June 1995 the Arkansas Department of Human Services filed a petition to terminate the parental rights of M.T. in her biological son, J.L., Jr. The case came before the chancellor in December 1995. At the beginning of the hearing DHS made an oral motion to withdraw its petition, stating that it wanted instead an adjudication of paternity and placement of the child with the natural father. The guardian ad litem responded that the maternal parental...

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