K.C. v. Arkansas Department of Human Services

LARRY D. VAUGHT, Chief Judge.

Ijn an order entered on September 28, 2009, the Circuit Court of Pulaski County terminated the parental rights of fifteen-year-old K.C. to L.C., her two-year-old child. K.C. appeals from the termination order, contending that the circuit court’s findings were clearly erroneous. Specifically, she argues that there was a lack of evidence supporting the finding that termination was in L.C.’s best interests and the ground for termination. We agree and reverse and remand.1

Termination of parental rights is an extreme remedy and in derogation of the natural rights of the…