Glover v. Arkansas Department of Human Services

This case involves the termination of a nonoffending father’s right to parent his child. The majority’s perfunctory opinion as well as the trial judge’s announcement from the bench that this case was a “no-brainer,” evidence the lack of examination given to this case. Both are testimony to the judiciary’s failure to acknowledge Mr. Glover’s fundamental constitutional right to parent his child. The system, and ultimately the court of appeals, has failed Mr. Glover, and more importantly, his child.

This case was filed in a no-merit format as authorized by the supreme court in Linker-Flores v.…