Masters v. Arkansas Department of Human Services

Andree Layton Roaf, Judge.

Ricky Masters appeals the trial court’s order adjudicating his son D.M. as dependent-neglected. On appeal, he argues (1) that the trial court erred in denying his motion to dismiss the case because of an untimely probable cause hearing and (2) that the trial court’s finding that he posed a danger to D.M. was not supported by sufficient evidence. The appellee, Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS), has supplemented the record in this case with a subsequent order terminating Ricky’s parental rights to D.M. on grounds that were not the basis of either the probable…