Kinard v. Arkansas Dept. of Human Services

DAVID M. GLOVER, Judge.

| Appellant, Tammy Kinard, appeals from an order terminating her parental rights in her daughter, J.K. Her sole argument for reversal is that the circuit judge erred in viewing her home during the termination hearing. We hold that the court’s view was contrary to Arkansas law but that the error was harmless in light of the other evidence in the case. We therefore affirm the termination order.

On November 4, 2007, the Fort Smith Police Department received a report that eight-year-old J.K. was alone at a grocery store, lost and unable to cross Rogers Avenue. J.K. had a…