Arkansas Department of Human Services v. Hudson

Annabelle Clinton Imber, Justice.

The Department of Human Services, Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education (“DHS”), attempts to appeal from an order by the Boone County Circuit Court which stayed the agency’s decision to revoke appellee Sandra Hudson’s child-care license. We previously summarized the facts of this case as follows:

On May 13, 1998, the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) revoked Sandra Hudson’s child-care license, and Hudson appealed that decision to the circuit court, which stayed the DHS decision pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. § 25-15-212(c) (Repl. 1996) of…