Chase v. Arkansas Department of Human Services

DAVID M. GLOVER, Judge.

Lin this dependency-neglect action commenced by the Arkansas Department of Human Services (“DHS”), Joshua Chase appeals the trial court’s decision to award permanent custody of his two minor children, H.C. (dob 9-11-08) and K.C. (dob 9-15-09), to their maternal grandparents, appellees David and Cheryl Collins. Specifically, he argues that the award of permanent custody was in error because (1) the trial court failed to make the requisite finding that he, as the natural father of the children, was unfit for the purpose of overcoming the statutory preference for natural…