· 3/22/2001
Dinkins v. Arkansas Department of Human Services
Citations
- 40 S.W.3d 286
- 344 Ark. 207
- 2001 Ark. LEXIS 180
How courts have described this case
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- holding that the lower court’s error in finding that the appellant willfully failed to provide support was harmless based on alternate grounds to support the termination of parental rights
- holding that the lower court’s error in finding that the appellant willfully failed to provide support was harmless based on an alternate ground to support the termination of parental rights
- holding that in a termination of parental rights case there was no “willful” failure to provide support; DHS conceded that it never requested contributions of material support from Dinkins, nor did the trial court ever order her to pay child support
- holding that in a termination of parental rights case there was no \willful\ failure to provide support; DHS conceded that it never requested contributions of material support from Dinkins, nor did the trial court ever order her to pay child support
- holding that error in the circuit court’s finding that termination was warranted by the mother’s failure to support the children was harmless in light of the record supporting the finding that she failed to remedy the conditions that caused the children to be removed from the home
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Judges: Tom Glaze
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