Elliott v. Ark. Dep't of Human Servs.

Charles Elliott appeals the Columbia County Circuit Court's order terminating his parental rights to his daughter, A.E. (born 4/29/2017). We affirm.

On May 14, 2017, the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) received a report of child maltreatment resulting in the hospitalization of an infant, then fifteen-day-old A.E. DHS exercised emergency custody over A.E. the same day. The child-maltreatment report stemmed from the fact that newborn A.E. had been taken to the emergency room "covered in rat bites," which were severe. A.E. had approximately seventy-five to one-hundred rat bites all…