Opinion
No. CV-13-427
2013-09-25
NEILEEN SAIMON APPELLANT v. ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND MINOR CHILDREN APPELLEES
Deborah R. Sallings, Arkansas Public Defender Commission, for appellant. Tabitha Baertels McNulty, Office of Policy and Legal Services, for appellee. Chrestman Group, PLLC, by: Keith Chrestman, attorney ad litem for minor children.
APPEAL FROM THE WASHINGTON COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT
[NO. J-11-604]
HONORABLE STACEY ZIMMERMAN, JUDGE
AFFIRMED
PHILLIP T. WHITEAKER, Judge
Neileen Saimon appeals from a Washington County Circuit Court order terminating her parental rights to her two children, R.B. and D.S., arguing that the trial court erred in relying on a repealed statute to incorporate testimony and evidence from prior proceedings into its decision to terminate her parental rights. This identical argument was presented to, and rejected by, this court in Kelso v. Arkansas Department of Human Services, 2013 Ark. App. 509. Thus, for the reasons set forth in Kelso, we affirm.
The court also terminated the parental rights of the putative father of R.B., Ronney Bill, and the putative father of D.S., Manuel (last name unknown). They have not appealed and are not parties to this action.
Additionally, we note that, like the appellant in Kelso, Saimon makes no argument on appeal that it was not in the best interest of the children for her parental rights to be terminated, nor does she argue that DHS failed to prove at least one ground alleged for termination in the petition for termination of parental rights. Therefore, no sufficiency argument has been preserved for appeal.
Affirmed.
GLADWIN, C.J., and GLOVER, J., agree.
Deborah R. Sallings, Arkansas Public Defender Commission, for appellant.
Tabitha Baertels McNulty, Office of Policy and Legal Services, for appellee.
Chrestman Group, PLLC, by: Keith Chrestman, attorney ad litem for minor children.