Brandon Martin, Appellant v. Arkansas Department of Human Services and B.d., J.m., and A.m., Minors, Appellees

Summary

The court affirmed termination of Brandon Martin’s parental rights, holding that DHS proved the subsequent-factors ground by clear and convincing evidence and that termination was in the children’s best interest. The court relied on Martin’s continued relationship with the children’s abuser, his failure to demonstrate that he could protect the children, his lack of a concrete care plan, and the potential harm from returning the children to him. Justice Wood concurred, emphasizing that the dependency-neglect proceedings repeatedly failed to comply with statutory timing requirements.