Draper v. Arkansas Department of Human Services

CLIFF HOOFMAN, Judge.

|, Appellants Johnny and Theresa Draper appeal from the order of the Union County Circuit Court terminating their parental rights to their daughter, K.D. (DOB 2/10/96). On appeal, appellants argue that the trial court’s decision to terminate was clearly erroneous because the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) failed to offer the family meaningful services in the form of counseling. We affirm.

This case first began on December 8, 2009, when DHS received a child-abuse referral about K.D. According to DHS’s affidavit attached to the petition for emergency custody,…