JEFFERSON v. ARKANSAS DHS

No. 03-596.

158 S.W.3d 129 (2004)

Pamela JEFFERSON v. ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

April 8, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anne Orsi Smith, P.A., by: Anne Orsi Smith, Little Rock, for appellant.

Gray Allen Turner, Little Rock, for appellee.

Stasia Burk, Little Rock, Attorney Ad Litem.


RAY THORNTON, Justice.

On August 9, 2000, the Department of Human Services [DHS] received a report that D.J., the thirteen-year-old biological daughter of appellant, Pamela Jefferson, had been sexually abused by her older brother and her cousin. At the time the report was made, D.J., who lived with her grandmother, was visiting relatives in Michigan, and appellant was living in Georgia.

After Michigan Protective Services interviewed D.J., and after she returned...

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