Legal Opinion

Rivera v. Ark. Dep't of Human Servs.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas

Decided September 12, 2018No. CV-18-255PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtRobert J. Gladwin, Judge

Veronica Rivera appeals the Poinsett County Circuit Court's termination of her parental rights to G.H., born May 30, 2015, arguing that the circuit court's findings were clearly erroneous. We affirm.

I. Facts

The Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) filed a petition for emergency custody and dependency-neglect claiming that on June 20, 2016, it took a seventy-two-hour hold on G.H. when Rivera was arrested for allegedly stabbing her stepfather.1 DHS claimed that Rivera had left G.H. in the custody of her mother. When Rivera arrived with G.H.'s father, Tommy Henton, to retrieve the child,…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Bearden v. Arkansas Department of Human ServicesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2001
  2. Cranford v. Arkansas Department of Human ServicesCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2011
  3. Strickland v. Arkansas Department of Human ServicesCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2008
  4. Martin v. Arkansas Department of Human ServicesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2017
  5. Rhine v. Arkansas Department of Human ServicesCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2011

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Arnold v. Ark. Dep't of Human Servs.Court of Appeals of Arkansas · 2019

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