Weathers v. Arkansas Department of Human Services

BRANDON J. HARRISON, Judge.

h Linda Vondran and Richard Weathers appeal a Pulaski County Circuit Court order that terminated their parental rights to their child D.V. We affirm.

I. Background

This case started with a telephone call to the state child-abuse hotline. The anonymous caller alleged that Linda Vondran was mentally challenged and unable to care for D.V., a newborn. The Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) began to investigate these allegations in June 2012 while Linda and D.V. were still in the hospital under observation. DHS’s investigative report states that the hospital staff…