Vera Hay v. Arkansas Department of Human Services, and S.S., M.H., and B.M.

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SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS No. 08-990 VERA HAY Opinion Delivered September 11, 2008 APPELLANT, VS. ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND S.S., M.H., & B.M. APPELLEES, JOINT MOTION FOR SUBSTITUTION OF APPELLATE COUNSEL MOTION GRANTED. PER CURIAM Leah Lanford, the court-appointed attorney ad litem for juveniles S.S., M..H., and B.M., and Keith L. Chrestman, a qualified part-time attorney ad litem, filed a joint motion for substitution of appellate counsel to allow Lanford to withdraw as counsel and to appoint Chrestman as the attorney ad litem on appeal. Pursuant to Ark. Sup. Ct. R. 6-10 (2008), “[a]fter the notice of the appeal has been filed with the Circuit Clerk, the appellate court shall have exclusive jurisdiction to relieve counsel and appoint new counsel.” Thus, we grant the motion to substitute Chrestman as the attorney ad litem in this case. Motion granted.

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