PARNELL v. ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES

No. CV-17-570.

2017 Ark.App. 688

MELISSA PARNELL AND RODNEY D. LASTER, Appellants, v. ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND MINOR CHILDREN, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas, Division IV.

Opinion Delivered: December 13, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tabitha McNulty , Arkansas Public Defender Commission, for appellant Melissa Parnell.

Dusti Standridge , for appellant Rodney Laster.

Mary Goff , Office of Chief Counsel, for appellee.

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


The Mississippi County Circuit Court terminated the parental rights of appellants Rodney Laster and Melissa Parnell to their four children, J.L.(1) (DOB: 1-25-2011) and triplets, J.L.(2), J.L.(3), and A.L. (DOB: 6-28-2015). The parents bring separate appeals from the order terminating their rights. Laster argues that (1) the...

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