Ramsey v. Arkansas Department of Human Services

M. MICHAEL KINARD, Judge.

_JjIn this appeal, Jennifer Ramsey challenges the Garland County Circuit Court’s order terminating her parental rights to her child M.H., born September 16, 2007. We affirm.

The Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) exercised a seventy-two-hour hold on M.H. on September 18, 2007, after appellant and M.H. tested positive for cocaine at the time of M.H.’s birth. The circuit court entered an order for emergency custody on September 24, 2007, finding that immediate removal of the juvenile from her parents’ custody was necessary to protect her health and safety.1 The…