WHITE v. ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES

No. CA12-993.

2013 Ark.App. 156

STEVE WHITE, APPELLANT, v. ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES and T.W., MINOR CHILD, APPELLEES.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas, Division IV.

Opinion Delivered March 6, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leah Lanford , Arkansas Public Defender Commission, for appellant.

Tabitha Baertels McNulty , County Legal Operations, for appellee.

Chrestman Group, PLLC, by: Keith Chrestman , attorney ad litem for minor child.


BRANDON J. HARRISON, Judge.

Steve White appeals the circuit court's order that adjudicated his minor daughter, T.W., dependent-neglected. He argues that the Department of Human Services (DHS) failed to prove allegations of sexual abuse by a preponderance of the evidence. We affirm.

In April 2012, DHS exercised a seventy-two-hour hold on T.W. Soon thereafter it filed a petition for emergency custody of T.W. and alleged that she had been neglected, abused, sexually...

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