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

Summary

Justice Wood concurred in the majority opinion and emphasized that the attorneys and circuit court failed to comply with statutory deadlines governing dependency-neglect proceedings. She identified untimely adjudication and review hearings, delayed orders, and the absence of a second review and permanency-planning hearing, while stating that she found no legal error in the termination decision. The concurrence stresses that severe abuse does not excuse failures to administer the child-protection system in a timely and orderly manner.