Tonia Ingle, Appellant v. Arkansas Department of Human Services, Appellee

Summary

The court affirmed the order awarding permanent custody of C.N. to his father, holding that the circuit court acted within the qualified mandate permitting it to consider serious concerns arising during the appeal. The court declined to reach Ingle’s argument concerning required juvenile-code procedures because she had not preserved it below, and it held that the evidence was not clearly erroneous. Justice Hart concurred regarding the continuing nature of the dependency-neglect proceedings, while Justice Corbin, joined by Chief Justice Hannah and Justice Danielson, would have dismissed for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction.