Arkansas Department of Human Services v. Dowdy
Supreme Court of Arkansas
2018 Ark. 307
ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, ERICA ENEKS, AND TONY HUFFMAN v. TEGAN DOWDY AND MINOR CHILDREN
Appeal from the Crawford County Circuit Court
No. CV-17-500. --- Decided: October 25, 2018.
Andrew Firth, Office of Chief Counsel, for appellant.
Chrestman Group, PLLC, by: Keith L. Chrestman, attorney ad litem for minor children.
Leslie Rutledge, Att'y Gen., by: Brad Newman, Ass't Att'y Gen., for Hon. Michael Medlock, Circuit Judge.
[Opinion of the court by Justice JOSEPHINE LINKER HART. Dissenting opinion by Justice SHAWN A. WOMACK. Chief Justice JOHN DAN KEMP and Special Justice GRANT FORTSON dissent without opinion. Justice ROBIN WYNNE not participating.]
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