DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES v. MITCHELL

No. CA 11-739.

423 S.W.3d 86 (2012)

2012 Ark. App. 240

ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, Appellant v. A.M., Sonja MITCHELL, and Christopher Matthews, Sr., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas.

April 4, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tabitha Baertels McNulty , Office of Chief Counsel, for appellant.

No response from appellee.


DOUG MARTIN, Judge.

The Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) appeals from an order of the Jefferson County Circuit Court directing DHS to provide assistance to appellee A.M., a pregnant teenager, in the form of paying for school uniforms and maternity clothing.1 We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

After the filing of a family-in-need-of-services (FINS) petition on April 14, 2011, by Pine Bluff High School, the...

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