Brumley v. Ark. Dep't of Human Servs. (Majority, with Concurring)
Annotate this CaseThe Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) filed a petition for termination of Father’s parental rights to his son. Father had been incarcerated for most of the nine-year-old child’s life. After a termination hearing, the circuit court terminated Father’s parental rights and granted DHS the power to consent to adoption. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) Father’s parental rights were properly terminated on the imprisonment ground, which states that “[t]he parent is sentenced in a criminal proceeding for a period of time that would constitute a substantial period of the juvenile’s life”; and (2) the termination of Father’s parental rights was in the child’s best interest.
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