Ullom v. Arkansas Department of Human Services

John Mauzy Pittman, Judge.

The appellants in this termination-of-parental-rights case were the parents of a daughter born on August 1, 1996. On August 20, 1996, the child, who was then only twenty days old, was treated for a spiral fracture of her left humerus. The fracture was of unexplained origin, and hospital personnel reported the incident to the Arkansas Department of Human Services (ADHS). ADHS took emergency custody of the child and, following an investigation and probable cause hearing, she was adjudicated as dependent-neglected on September 17, 1996. Following that adjudication, the…