Batiste v. Arkansas Department of Human Services

Donald L. Corbin, Justice.

This is an appeal from a decision by Appellee Arkansas Department of Human Services (“DHS”) denying Appellants’ Linda and Abrham Batistes’1 petition for an adoption subsidy. On appeal, Mrs. Batiste argues that the decision of the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) was in error because: (1) DHS’s failure to inform of the availability of the federal adoption subsidy constitutes an extenuating circumstance warranting reconsideration of the subsidy application; (2) DHS’s method of administering the subsidy program violates the Supremacy Clause of the United States…