LEWIS v. ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES

No. CA11-1177.

2012 Ark.App. 347

ELBERT LEWIS and CAROLYN LEWIS, APPELLANTS, v. ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES and MINOR CHILD, APPELLEES.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas, Division III.

Opinion Delivered May 16, 2012.


RAYMOND R. ABRAMSON, Judge.

Appellants Elbert and Carolyn Lewis filed a petition for adoption on March 23, 2011, in Pulaski County Circuit Court. Appellants sought to adopt M.B., born December 19, 2008, for whom they had been foster parents. The Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) opposed the petition. The court denied the adoption petition, and the Lewises have appealed that decision. We affirm.

On June 17, 2011, the same day as the hearing, DHS filed...

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