MODE v. ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES

No. CV-14-623.

2015 Ark.App. 69

BRENDA MODE AND CALVIN MODE, APPELLANTS, v. ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES and MINOR CHILDREN, APPELLEES.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas, Division IV.

Opinion Delivered February 11, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Brooks Wiggins , for appellant.

Tabitha Baertels McNulty , Office of Policy and Legal Services, for appellee.

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


ROBERT J. GLADWIN, Chief Judge.

On April 11, 2014, the Perry County Circuit Court dismissed Brenda and Calvin Mode's petition for adoption, finding that they had presented no evidence that appellee Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) consented to the adoption or that DHS was unreasonably withholding its consent. On appeal, appellants argue that the circuit court's decision was clearly against the preponderance of the evidence. We affirm.

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